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anuradhasarup.bsky.social
No. 2 of the Grey Heron, photographed last weekend during settings try-outs of a new camera.

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A Grey Heron with wings outstretched, facing the sun as it flies in to land. It's legs are out and head held upright. Scientific Name: Ardea cinerea Conservation status: Least concern
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ismaildona.bsky.social
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias catching a fish.....
#birds #birdphotography #cardinal #photography #BirdofTheDay #HeronsandEgrets #ukbirds #birds #birdoftheday
#AmericanCoot #BlueHeron #fish
December 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
dogofthedesert.bsky.social
Once in a while, yours truly gets just a bit tired of realism, and wonders if there's a better way for a photograph to convey the reality of the captured moment. Hence this image of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque on December 12, 2025.

#nature #birds
First, what's shown in the original image. A flying great blue heron has its wings stretched out and slightly forward, its lower legs stretched straight forward, and its toes spread, as it gets ready to land on the stump of a large branch. The heron's head is forward, with the neck in an S shape. The heron is mostly shades of gray. The background of the photo is a confusing mix of gray branches and brown leaves. On this occasion I didn't fall back on photographic sharpness. Instead, the image is manipulated so that the heron's wing feathers look more like long strokes of paint, painted with a broad brush. The rest of the bird looks like it was painted with finer but still quick strokes. Similarly, the background looks like a mix of gray strokes and brown dabs. The original photo shows a dynamic moment -- the transition from flight to non-flight -- and I hope that the visual treatment underscores that sense of dynamism.
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ari58.bsky.social
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

#bird #birds #greyheron #birdsonbluesky #naturephotography #birdsphotography
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
cybersurgeonmd.bsky.social
Birds! 🦉🪶
Grande Aigrette.
Ardea alba - Great Egret
la grâce a l'état pur.
Marais de Misery, île de France
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December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
anuradhasarup.bsky.social
My bird of the day, which is making me smile with a contented delight is this Grey Heron. photographed last weekend during settings try-outs of a new camera.
Fair warning, there are many other postures I'm looking forward to sharing.

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A Grey Heron with wings outstretched, facing the sun as it flies perpendicular to the ground, preparing to land. It's legs are out and head crest is standing as if a rudder. Scientific Name: Ardea cinerea Conservation status: Least concern
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
stephenfricker.bsky.social
White-necked Heron 'Ardea pacifica' seen in Middle Point NT, Australia

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December 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
yama2186.bsky.social
•Ardea alba

[Airone Bianco Maggiore]

#Ardeaalba #Airone #aironebiancomaggiore #Ofanto #Apulia #Puglia #FiumeOfanto #Italy #Italia
#Birds #WildLife #WildLifePhotography
#Afni #Photography #Nature #Yama山

Lucky find while metal detecting with friends 🕵🏻🧲
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
amarhss.bsky.social
Sorry I cannot stop to chat with you, the missus is waiting for a delivery. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with nesting material.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
mfoley25.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social
is #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative being #birdsandrocks
Here is a picture of a Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) wading in front of rocks at the harbor in Bandon 🤗
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Nature #Photography
a great blue heron stands in shallow water near algae-covered coastal rocks, searching for fish.
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
davidst999.bsky.social
Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #HeronsAndEgrets. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) and a Green Heron (Ardea herodias) #Birds 🪶 #Photography @wolct.bsky.social
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) just standing motionless with the water boiling around it. Taken on the Water of Leith, Edinburgh. Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) taken at El Hondo Nature Reserve (Parc Natural del Fondo) near Elche, Spain. Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) taken at Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida. Most herons and egrets rely on patience and stealth to catch their prey. Not the Reddish Egret. It runs around chasing fish and missing most of the time. Very entertaining to watch. A Green Heron (Ardea herodias) taken at Sweetwater Strand along Loop Road running into Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades.
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
botensky.bsky.social
BioClip identify (at 98.32%) Ardea herodias genus:Ardea (fam. Ardeidae) com. Great Blue Heron

Avibase flickr
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December 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
bioman55.bsky.social
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and Great white egret (Ardea alba) shot on the same trip.
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
klausbusse.de
Here's backup for today's #BirdOfTheDay double themes
#HeronsandEgrets plus #birdsandrocks.

It's even standing on a single leg, in reminiscence to yesterday's topic. 🪶
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) resting on a rock, in the background the old saline with two blurry flamingos. Former Saline of Port d'Addaia, Menorca, Spain
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeronsandEgrets.

Here are my choices. 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #birding
Little Egret Egretta garzetta, Harrier Pool, Reedbed Walk, Martin Mere, 5th July 2023. Little Egret Egretta garzetta (juvenile), The Mere, Burton Mere Wetlands, 21st June 2023. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea pretending to be a Cattle Egret, Woodend Marsh from Rees Hide, Martin Mere, 17th Oct 2025. Canada Goose and English Longhorn in background. Siege of Grey Herons Ardea cinerea with Canada Geese, Bridge Pool, from Bridge Screen, Burton Mere Wetlands, 22nd Feb 2023.
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
drtonygillie.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative being #birdsandrocks any bird with a rock in the frame. Extra points for a double theme combo.
Double points please @alan678.bsky.social. Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) on a very big rock. 😁
#Monfragüe, #Extremadura, #birds #EyeTest
The photo is filled with a mostly sheer rock face, with a deep fissure just right of centre, and a black void at the extreme right. There's some vegetation growing especially at the left, and dark green water is just visible at the bottom. Somewhere perched on the rock face is a Grey Heron, looking very small by comparison.
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
drtonygillie.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative being #birdsandrocks. Here's a beautiful Purple Heron | Garza Imperial (Ardea purpurea) in flight over the #Arrocampo wetlands in #Extremadura, SW Spain.
#birds #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin @alan678.bsky.social
A large bird with long legs stretched out behind it is flying from left to right. Its broad wings are spread, and its neck retracted in a kink with its long yellow beak very obvious. The background is clear blue sky with blurry green vegetation and an undulating tree line at the bottom.
December 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
klausbusse.de
@alan678.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay themes to #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative #birdsandrocks .

Of course I'm aiming for the extra points for a double theme combo, though I admit that these rocks are rather some concrete lumps 🤭
Great white egret (Ardea alba) in flight approaching a rocky shoreline Aschheim reservoir, Bayern, Germany Great white egret (Ardea alba) in flight approaching a rocky shoreline Aschheim reservoir, Bayern, Germany Great white egret (Ardea alba) landing on a rocky shoreline Aschheim reservoir, Bayern, Germany Great white egret (Ardea alba) at a rocky shoreline Aschheim reservoir, Bayern, Germany
December 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
palantir135.bsky.social
#birdoftheday #birds #natuur #nature #photography

Koereiger (Ardea ibis)
Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek
Western cattle egret Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
hlkfotos.com
A heron and an egret for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #HeronsandEgrets 🪶
A photo of the head, neck, and shoulders of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) with its beak slightly open, facing to the right. It has a long pale neck, a long sharp gray and yellow-orange beak, white head with dark blue-gray stripes above its eyes, long thin dark blue-gray crest feathers on the back of its head, and bright yellow irises. The background is out of focus gray-blue water. A photo of a great egret (Ardea alba) standing on a weathered log beside calm blue water. It has pure white plumage, a long thin yellow-orange beak, a long neck that curves like the letter S, and long dark gray legs. It is backlit by bright afternoon sun and facing to the left with one leg partially raised.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Cine s-a smerit pe sine, acela a biruit pe vrăjmaşi Aşa cum lui Luca şi Cleopa le ardea inima când Dom­nul mergea împreună cu ei pe cale Le 24,32], aşa şi acum multor monahi inima le arde de iubire pentru Domnul 👉 [https://c.aparatorul.md/hyexf 👈
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December 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
woodycrombie.bsky.social
Ardea cinerea - the Grey Heron.

Have a great weekend Farrukh.
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
raverken.bsky.social
Blauwe reiger (Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea)

#heron
#birds
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
carfreebirdnoticer.bsky.social
A Grey Heron that was initially banded at a @marillion.com Weekend in Utrecht has been recaptured at an H Natural show in East Sussex. This is perhaps the first evidence of Steve Hogarth groupie behaviour among Ardea cinerea.

No idea who that lady is.
December 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
ddarv.bsky.social
The great egret, Ardea alba. 🦉🌿
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM