Heron along the shore of St. Lawrence River. We took a river cruise from Clayton, NY to see the islands in the Thousand Islands.
An afternoon canoe trip on the pond at Fair Haven Beach State Park flushed a lot of herons.
These Canadian geese were pretending to be decoys.
A highlight of the Sterling Nature Center was this heron rookery.
Osprey nest on St. Lawrence.
Heron food?
We saw this snake swim toward us in the marsh at the Sterling Nature Center. Then it disappeared behind the log. When it reappeared we couldn't figure out what we were seeing at first then realized it had a fish in its mouth (top of the photo).
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Awesome photo of the snake how did you get so close? Not me! Thanks for sharing your trip.
I wasn't close at all. Zoomed in on it.
Great photos of all the herons. I especially like the Osprey on its nest.
I love your photos, especially the Canadian geese, thanks so much for sharing them!
I'm glad you enjoyed them. It was a great trip.
I wish I had be able to zoom in closer on that osprey.
Beautiful photos love the Geese.
Great shots, Marcia.... Love areas like that where the birds can live peacefully... That heron rookery is awesome... Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi there - nice set of pictures, I like the frog!
Thanks for posting to "International Heron Week"!!
And thanks for commenting at WBW.
Stewart M
Nice shots of the Great Blue Herons Marcia. The heron rookery photos are beautiful too and the Cormorants on the rocks of the St. Lawrence River, very cool.
Are they cormorants? We were told they were gannets.
How interesting to see birds in other countries!
*lol* I have also herons in my WBW this week, as many others!
Greetings from Pia in Sweden
Hi again, Marcia!
Thanks for your visit and for your nice comment!
I posted some pictures of herons today as well and it was those you saw, but in my WBW contribution which was placed here http://www.istoradrag.blogspot.se/2012/09/flygande-faglar.html I had also fying herons.
Love your photos of the osprey in its nest and are those really the herons nest too, high up in the dead trees?
Greetings Pia
Thank you. Yes the herons nest in those trees. I wouldn't have known that except that the nature preserve where we were provided that information. The wetlands were created by beavers. We saw lots of herons across the marsh but our close up attention was with the snake.
Marcia!!!!!
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Your photos are fantastic.
I am enchanted by them.
Lucja
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