[Leica] IMG: Two herons

[Douglas Herr]

Adam Bridge wrote:

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So, while I was photographing the blue heron a man walks up and asks me if that is a swan. I don?t think he was a birder.I told him it wasn?t and that swans are in short supply here but that if he wanted to see really large white birds by the cubic acre he could head out of town to where the snow geese are hanging out.He was really disappointed it wasn?t a swan because he?d always wanted to see one. Then I helped him see the green heron and told him about the cormorants he?d see up ahead. I?m sad that the river otters haven?t been back to the arboretum in a while. It?s a bit of an overland traverse but there are some rather large carp there for the taking. Maybe carp aren?t to an otter?s taste?
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Mute swans (invasive, non-native) are in good supply at Mather Lake, and this time of year wild Tundra Swans are abundant in the agricultural fields near Marysville;  there are often Tundra Swans in the far corners of the Yolo Bypass wildlife area...  I've occasionally seen Tundra Swans flying over downtown Sacramento

Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com