Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge – August 2023 (2)
/Continuing the early morning at Hagerman….
Sometimes the birds move about in a kind of ballet on the roost pond before they fly away to spend their day elsewhere. In this instance – the dance includes two great blue herons in the middle and three great egrets a little to the right. Other birds on the pond are either oblivious or looking on.
I took pictures of a heron catching a fish and realized, when I looked at the pictures on my large monitor at home, that there were wood ducks in the background!
There aren’t as many plants in bloom right now…I fixated on one type I saw as I headed back to the visitor center area.
A pair of Dickcissels flew into the top of some vegetation near the road. I enjoyed taking portraits of them.
I took some portraits of a great blue heron and great egret backlit in the morning sun that hav a very different look than the roost pond. The water has a metallic look…the birds almost silhouettes. They were the finale to this Hagerman visit.
