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Green Heron

Posted on | February 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

Green Heron

Green Heron Ruffling Feathers

I’ve had luck in the past with birds at the Fullerton Arboretum so I took the gargantuan 500mm lens out for another test run. A quick run through of the ponds revealed nothing more than common ducks and American coots until I was about to leave when two green herons flew from out of nowhere with one landing on the opposite shore. I walked over there and used the plants as a blind so I could sit close by and observe without disturbing the bird. I put on the 1.4x teleconverter on the lens and photographed through the openings in the plants and got clear looks at the bird as a result. The green heron is pretty small so it took 1120mm worth of focal length to get these tight portraits even though I was no more than 15 feet away.

Since the green heron is a long-legged wader bird, which are slow and deliberate in their movements, it was much more fun to photograph with the bulky lens than trying to chase wood ducks around a lagoon. I had never seen a green heron before so it was exciting to be able to photograph it this sort of environment.

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Category: Fullerton Arboretum, wildlife
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2 Responses to “Green Heron”

  1. Ron Niebrugge
    February 16th, 2010 @ 10:39 am

    You were productive! Did you enjoy having that lens and do you think you will buy one?

    Ron

  2. Richard Wong
    February 16th, 2010 @ 1:19 pm

    Thanks Ron. It was fun to be able to do new things but the size makes it limiting for where I can take it and also given that I live in Southern California and have to drive far to see wildlife aside from waterfowl so it probably wouldn’t get a lot of use. I’ll probably keep renting if I need big glass.

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