Tag Archives: Butorides virescens

11.22.2022 Punk!

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This Green Heron, from 2008, gave me about a dozen great poses.  

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08.01.2022 My morning with Butorides virescens

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Steve Gingold

AKA Green Heron. I decided to walk the rail trail this morning looking for frogs.  It was overcast which would be good at cutting down the glare that is sometimes unavoidable on a sunny day with a wet frog. Even … Continue reading →

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07.26.2021 B.O.A.S.-Green Heron Edition

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Years ago when I participated in a forum, Naturescapes.Net, the favored bird portrait would be with one on the end of a stick (thus Bird on a Stick).  This is a somewhat different example of that although not with the … Continue reading →

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11.26.2020-2 Thursday Bird Day

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Steve Gingold

No Turkey today, it was still frozen even after five days, so how’s a heron for a substitute? Green Herons are often found in Poor Farm Swamp along the Norwottuck Rail Trail here in Amherst. Many are not too terribly … Continue reading →

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08.08.2020-2 Me and Greenie Down by the Brickyard

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I had a nice morning with four herons.  Two Great Blues and two Green. Three of the four were seriously into preening but every once in a while would strike a nice pose. Green Heron-Butorides virescens. In the order Pelecaniformes … Continue reading →

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09.10.2019 A few minutes with a Green Heron

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday was a foggy start to the day and I did shoot some landscapes but nothing exciting, I don’t think…we’ll see…and the orange sun never did burn through the clouds which was my hope as I stood in a soaking … Continue reading →

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07.19.2016 I am Green Heron

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Steve Gingold

A while back a few of us had a blog friend named Office Diva.    She dropped out of sight for personal reasons.  But whenever I see a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) or make a photograph of one I am … Continue reading →

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07.28.2013 The Green Heron Strikes Again

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Steve Gingold

Actually it is just sitting there waiting for something to strike at…it did not.  I have a total of 3 Green Heron images.  This post now spends my supply, but I caused some interweb virtual pain with a certain bloggie … Continue reading →

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