Morning Flight

This image of a great blue heron was captured just down the road from my home. I spent days on end in the Autumn of 2020 attempting to capture an image I had envisioned in my head of this heron. The vision I had, simply never materialized, nor will it ever, due to the fact the perch pictured here was washed away by the ice break up and retreating flood waters in Spring 2021. Each morning I would patiently wait in my photo blind for the arrival of this heron. It would land on this precise branch of a downed tree and preen itself before hopping to a different location to fish. I really came to enjoy these morning meetings. It is always interesting to be a silent observer of wildlife, watching them do their thing without any knowledge of the presence of a human being.