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A selection of my heron and flower photos is now available at the Five Crows Gallery in Natick, MA. Drop in and see the work of the many wonderfully creative artists who show there when you’re in the area.
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A selection of my heron and flower photos is now available at the Five Crows Gallery in Natick, MA. Drop in and see the work of the many wonderfully creative artists who show there when you're in the area.
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Babsje Heron
Gorgeous shots! Thanks for sharing this beauty with us.
Thanks for the kind words. Being with the herons is one of the best uses of time imaginable. Best, Babsje
Wonderful gallery, Babsje. GBH’s are magnificent birds. 🙂
Thank you, and I agree. Magnificent creatures!
What a beautiful site you have here – I look forward to exploring it in more depth!
Thanks for the kind words. I enjoy your site, too.
I saw a gbh this morning on my bike ride to work. He was wading in the river right underneath a very busy urban bridge. He’ll be there all summer long, as he was last year. Such awesome birds!
Mmm, a lovely sight! They seem so adaptable to urban environments, don’t they? Thanks.
Beautiful!
Thank you for making the time to visit my gallery and comment. Best, Babsje
BEAUTIFUL SHOTS!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thank you for your kind words of appreciation and encouragement. Best, Babsje
so proud of your work and this blog ….stunningly beautiful!
Barbara, thanks so much for your encouragement and kind words!!
Amazing collection of photographs. The great blue heron is a frequent visitor to the wetlands around Florida but to see him captured so elegantly is always a marvel to view.
Thank you for following Eddie Two Hawks. I am looking to seeing more of your photos
Thanks for visiting my site, and for your kind words about the great blue herons. They are magnificent birds, aren’t they. And you’re welcome for the follow of your Eddie Two Hawks site, too.
Thanks Babsje, visiting my blog.I found here a gallery ful of wonderful photo’s of the blue Heron
You’re welcome, and thank you for the kind words!
The one where the heron has a dragonfly on its beak – great shot!
Thanks! I felt lucky to have captured that moment – both the heron and dragonfly move so quickly that it was a happy surprise they both were in focus.
I love to watch and photograph these magnificent birds. Your shots are absolutely great.
Thanks for visiting and for your kind words! They are magnificent creatures. Glad you’re able to watch them, too.
Thanks for following my blog. Welcome! I like these shots. When we were in Pass Christian, Miss over spring break, we sat watching a blue heron for a long time. He was hanging out with a fisherman. When the man pulled in a catch too small, he’d toss it to the heron. A curious treat to see the bird so carefully watching the man; taking careful steps; appearing unconcerned and then snatching a toss. The heron we saw seemed a more solid color that then ones you have here, but magnificent none the less. Thanks for the view! Janet
Hi Janet, you’re welcome, and thanks for visiting my blog and sharing your story. They can become quite tame, opportunistic really and eagerly follow fishermen for handouts. Do you follow Wind Against Currents? glad has some photos there of herons looking for a little free lunch.
Truly fabulous photos! Many thanks for following me- sorry I’m so slow getting back to you. 🙂
You’re welcome and thanks for the kind words and for visiting the herons here.
Beautiful images!
Thank you! Appreciate your visiting the herons here.
Beautiful thoughts…words…images.
Thank you!
Thanks for your kind compliment, and for visiting my site and it’s herons!
gorgeous photos, taken with obvious compassion for herons. thanks for sharing your passion, Babsje!
Thanks so much for visiting and for your very kind words. Yes, I am passionate about the herons, no secret there!
Wonderful photographs
Thank you! I appreciate your taking the time to visit with the herons here.
Great photos of one my favourite birds.
Thanks so much for your kind comment here!
Thanks for visiting my blog. Love yours! These photos of the blue herons are gorgeous. We have one pair off the rocks where we live – so graceful.
You’re welcome, and thanks for visiting here and for your kind words. You’re lucky to have herons near your home. Do you ever try to photograph them?
Wonderful photos of one of my favourite birds. Always a thrill to come across one in the reeds when canoeing
Thanks for your kind words. Always glad to meet another lover of herons!
These are amazing! I’m in awe.
Thanks so much for your kind words, and for spending a few minutes with the herons here.
Beautiful shots, Babsje! I thoroughly enjoyed every one!
Thanks so much, I’m glad you like the herons here!
Great pleasure in finding another who loves these great birds. Wonderful photos! Thank you for the blog follow! Annie
Hi Annie. You’re welcome, and thanks for the kind words. Always happy to meet another lover of herons.
I bike the Mississippi River early mornings, and often have thought, I just wish I had a camera to take a picture of this or that….but never have I seen anyone capture the Blue Heron as you have in pictures….stunning photos! You truly are an artist:-)
Robbie, thanks so much for your kind compliment. Your morning bike rides sound lovely – do take along a camera sometimes, but don’t let it interfere with your enjoyment of nature!
Lovely photos..
Thanks for your kind words!
Wonderful, refreshing, and even invigorating. So beautiful… and lovingly rendered with your photography. Thanks for sharing your gifts on this site!
Thank you so much for your kind and generous comment about the herons here. I’m glad you appreciate their beauty!
Stunning photos.
Many thanks for your kind words. I’m glad you like the herons.
What wonderful pictures!!!
Thanks so much for your kind words and for visiting with the herons here!
Thank you for finding my blog and following. Wonderful work
You’re welcome, and thanks for the kind compliment and for visiting the herons here!
Merci beaucoup pour votre appréciation sur mon blog. Quelle extraordinaire beauté dans votre galerie de photos. Quel art et quelle patience pour savoir saisir ainsi l’instant magique!Merci de me faire découvrir cet aspect inattendu de la nature, l’extrême élégance de ces grands oiseaux, que l’on n’est pas près d’oublier. Quelle source infinie de poésie !
Je vous remercie beaucoup de votre visite avec les hérons ici dans mon blog. Je suis heureux d’avoir découvert votre blog, et vous remercie de vos aimables compliments sur mes photos de hérons. Ils sont des oiseaux magnifiques, et ils m’ont appris beaucoup sur la patience! S’il vous plaît excusez mon français mal écrit!
Vraiment merci beaucoup de m’ avoir répondu en français, cela me touche beaucoup. J’ aimerais bien être aussi à l’ aise en anglais. C’est émouvant de penser que vous comprenez et parlez le français. Votre travail est passionnant et c’est un très bel hommage à la nature, ce don du ciel que l’on doit infiniment respecter.
Vous êtes les bienvenus, et votre commentaire m’a fait sourire. Je suis heureux de vous avoir rencontré à travers nos blogs. Je peux lire en français de façon adéquate, mais je ne peux pas écrire en français très bien. Quant à parler français, je n’ai pas parlé depuis il ya quelques années à l’université. Merci encore pour visiter mon blog et pour vos très beaux commentaires!
C’est merveilleux que vous ayez appris le français à l’ Université aux USA. Je n’aurais pas imaginé que ce fut possible. La France est un si petit pays à côté du Nouveau Monde ! Encore félicitations de si bien écrire en français.
Merci encore. Comme un écolier, nous avons commencé à étudier le français à huit ans. J’ai pris des cours français au lycée et pendant deux ans à l’université. l’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère est obligatoire à l’école. Aujourd’hui, je pense que la plupart des élèves étudient l’espagnol, mais j’ai étudié il ya quelques années français et en latin. Merci d’avoir écrit, et ont une belle fin de semaine!
Bellissime foto, sono fantastiche!!
Sono molto contento che ti piacciono le foto airone! Grazie per aver visitato la mia galleria e per il tuo complimento gentile qui.
Love this gallery! and many thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂
Thanks so much for your kind words, and you’re welcome for the visit.
Wow, your pictures capture the winged grace of the GBH! Thanks for checking out my meager blog. Yours is an inspiration!
Thanks for your very generous compliment and for visiting my blog. I’m glad I found yours, too!
Love your pictures and blog. Herons are my totem birds. Though we have a nearby rookery, I rarely see the kind of intimate vision you do. Thank you so much.
Many thanks for your kind compliment, I appreciate it. You’re fortunate to be near a rookery. I’m glad to hear of your love of herons.
Fabulous pics of these beautiful birds, Babsje. I love each and every one. 🙂
Many thanks for your wonderful commentt, I’m so glad you appreciate all of the herons!
We recently traveled to the Cache River Preserve in southern Illinois. I was hoping to get photos of herons but they had already flown south for the winter. It is an incredibly unique ecosystem, especially Heron Pond. With your love of herons, I highly recommend it for something different. Great wine tour and Shawnee National Forest also offers incredible photo ops.
Hi Wendy – that does sound beautiful, and a wine tour would definitely be something different. Thanks for bringing this area to my attention.
My pleasure since you share lol
Many thanks, I’m glad you like it!
The photo of the heron with the fish is superb. James
Many thanks for your generous compliment, I’m so glad you like it!
Wow, amazing shots! HOW do you do that?!
Many thanks for your kind compliment on the photo gallery. How do I do that? The herons do all of the beautiful work, on my part, it just takes patience and persistence, and a lot of being in the right place at the right time.
Well, you do a great job at being patiently at the right place in the right time 🙂
Thanks for saying that. For me, being in the kayak on the water with the herons is a meditation. It is so peaceful and calm. Sometimes I think that everything I know of patience, I learned from the great blue herons.
Sounds so great! I wish I had more time to do stuff like that. Good luck with your photography!
Many thanks. One day, may you find the time and opportunity, it’s very rewarding.
Really great photos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, its a labor of love and I’m so glad you like the herons! Best, Babsje
Great photos. We have a small group of Great Blue Herons that live for part of the year in a park near me and I have spent hours and hours and hour waiting to either see them or for something a little different to happen that I can see and get close enough to photograph. I may need a longer lens, but I imagine most wildlife photographers say that. Good idea to get out in a kayak.
Many thanks for visiting and for your thoughtful comment. You’re fortunate to have herons nearby. Yes, do get a longer lens. Getting close to herons is not recommended as they are protected birds, but with a long lens and patience, you may have beautiful photo ops. Good luck!
Have been watching the occasional heron in a pond near where I live in Wellesley and always think that they look both dynausor-like and futuristic… your photography is very moving. I have never seen a nest of heron, do you know where I could find such in the vicinity? Thank you for offering such beauty and sensitivity.
Many thanks for your kind, thoughtful comments here. I’m glad that you also appreciate the beauty of Great Blue Herons and are able to see them near your home. There is a very small heron rookery on Rt 16 near the Natick/Sherborn line. It has had a couple of active nests in years past, although I have not visited there this year and so I don’t know if the nests were used this season.
Well done .Great photo
Thank you for your kind comment. I have enjoyed many of your own photos over the years. Best, Babsje
Dear Babsje,
My sister lives in Natick and volunteers at TCAN. While visiting from California during July, we went to TCAN, and came across your astounding photos of my favorite bird, the great blue heron. Your work is amazing!
Do you sell prints of your photos? If so, I would like to purchase a few.
Thank you,
Barbara Rockwell
Hi Barbara – Many thanks for your kind words. I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed seeing the show at TCAN, and what a small world that your sister volunteers at TCAN. It is an amazing place and the volunteers are priceless – they are the heartbeat of the center. I will follow up with you by email later this weekend about your request for prints of some of the herons, thanks. Best, Babsje
Exciting photography
Thanks for your kind words. I’m glad you liked these Herons. Best, Babsje
Werkelijk een prachtige reiger gallerij
Many thanks for your generous and kind compliment.I’m glad you like this photo gallery. Best, Babsje
Great heron gallery, my compliments for your photography.
Kind regards,
Rudi
Hi Rudi. I’m pleased that you appreciate the Great Blue Herons. Thanks so much for your thoughtful words. Best, Babsje
My pleasure Babsje (by the way, Babsje sounds as a Dutch name – Do you have Dutch roots ?) Have a lovely evening and lots of succes with your blog.
Thank you for your kind wishes. Babsje is indeed Dutch but I am not Dutch, myself. Good evening to you as well
OK thanks, so I was wrong ha ha ha 😉
Beautiful amazing photos!!
Hi Lisa. I’m so pleased that you appreciate the Herons. Many thanks for your lovely comment. Best, Babsje
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