Great Blue Heron Twig Presentation

Great Blue Heron Twig Presentation 8619, originally uploaded by floridanaturephotography.

Checking a few of my files and I came accross this image that I somehow overlooked the first time around.
This nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida provided some stunning early morning silhouettes as the Great Blue Herons were still nest building and courting in general.
The action seen in this image in known as the Twig Presentation.

Wako Lovebirds

I am still working the active nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands and

this is one of my first early morning shots from a few days ago.

After I saw this image in the view finder & then again on the LCD

I felt like I could call it a day right there on the spot!

This image also makes me smile because I sometimes think to myself that I just can't take another Great Blue Heron image and then BAM! I love it.

Photo of the Week # 1

OK, So I don't forget about my blog I am going to start a

"Photo of the Week" series.
Maybe just the image, maybe a story behind the image.
Let's see how long I can keep it going.

This image was taken on May 2nd 2006. It was in Delray Beach, Florida at Wakodahatchee Wetlands. I was talking to a gentleman from England and I spotted this Purple Gallinule walking on the Fireflag stalk in attempt to get to the tender buds, a favorite food, at the end of the stalk. I quickly focused & fired off 6 shots and during that the Purple Gallinule opened it's wings to better balance itself.

The funny thing is that it all took place in about 2 seconds. The English man was still talking and never even turned to see what I shot. I too kept up the conversation for a few more minutes and forgot about the shot until I got home.

I am proud to say this is also my first published image.

Cool huh ?

Michael Wolf