Below are one dozen other photographs of birds (in the time line order that took them) that I include in my favorite birding photographs from June 10th, 2012.
In closing, the Great Blue Heron's eyes were bigger than its belly. It did not even try to swallow that fish in regular fashion. It took it back in a corner of the lake that is thick with aquatic vegetation and put in down into the water, seemingly pinning it with its huge feet while taking a few chunks out its gut.
The Blue Grosbeaks were a first time for me, and getting photographs of them were like icing on the day's cake. I had gotten the female with the male, from a rather long distance, at approximately 10:15AM, but as I was calling it quits for the day, the female seemed to follow me to my car, lighting in the grass within a couple of feet from me several times while collecting insects and such. She really put on a show and did not care that I was watching. I guess that's the way it is when birds have young ones to feed.
All in all, it proved to be a great day of birding.
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