Afternoon tea - just a small snack

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

Sitting on the banks of the creek at Julia Creek Q, I watched this heron slowly coming towards me - and quick as a flash - grabbing its afternoon tea
When all was 'down the gurgler' the bird did a funny thing - see final pic

1- Slowly approaching, stepping very carefully, eyes sweeping from side to side then staring intently into the water

Panny FZ-200; 24x zoom [600mm film camera equiv]; 1/800s @ F4,0; ISO-100 + some cropping for display

2- Whammo - gottcha - now what do I do with it ...


3- Glerp - ooh - down you go


4- Hmm - that was gooood - what's next?


As always, feedback welcome
Phil

[Toddyh]

Great series Phil. #2 the action shot is a cracker.
What's it doing at the end there? Burping?

[Isac]

Agree with Todd, terrific series. Nice "pat on the back" fluff up at the end. These Herons (and Egrets) do some crazy things during and after feeding. I have some egret shots that are crazy as. Good work, keep 'em coming Phil.

[eaglem]

A good storytelling series.

[seaslug]

Nice catch.. both of you.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Great series Phil. #2 the action shot is a cracker.
What's it doing at the end there? Burping?

Yes - burping, but I'm not sure which end the 'burp' is coming from
Phil

[Ironwood]

Nice series Phil. It's good to get a story with the photos.

[millicat]

Very nice series..maybe he gawked when he saw you and freaked out a bit thinking you were going to eat him.