Tuesday 11 December 2012

A Grey Heron fishing...................................................................... and failing

Next up a favourite video clip taken in March... all that patience then failing to capture a fish...


...the walk of shame really made me smile on the day.

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17 comments:

  1. Carletta11 December 2012 at 23:56

    The heron might have failed fishing but you did a great job capturing the attempt!
    Nicely done Andrew!

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  2. Pat12 December 2012 at 00:08

    Hope he got one later. Great little video capture!

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  3. mick12 December 2012 at 00:41

    Great video capture. I like the way the bird shook off all the water afterwards.

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  4. Michelle12 December 2012 at 01:09

    Great video of this natural moment!

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  5. Carole M.12 December 2012 at 04:56

    I do remember this video first time round and enjoyed it again; how patient the heron, very interesting to observe

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  6. Arija12 December 2012 at 06:00

    Oh dear. But the video epitomises trying to capture a heron with his catch . . . a long, long wait and going home empty handed, just like the heron.

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  7. Findlay Wilde12 December 2012 at 07:05

    The way it moves reminds me a bit of Jura when he's stalking next doors cat. He never catches it. From Findlay.

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  8. Brian King12 December 2012 at 09:04

    Ha! I've seen that many times! Sometimes they get fish after fish and other times they miss more than they catch. Great video!

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  9. Stewart M12 December 2012 at 09:37

    Thats a good video - I'm surprised by how jerky some of the movements look - I would have expected slow and steady as it stalks - which show how much I know!

    cheers and thinks for linking to WBW.

    Stewart M - Melbourne

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  10. Unknown12 December 2012 at 10:07

    Great video capture Andrew!

    Cheers,
    Willy

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  11. Pantherka12 December 2012 at 10:21

    Beautiful video Andrew. I watched with interest.

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  12. Unknown12 December 2012 at 13:20

    Great action video!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  13. Kerri Farley12 December 2012 at 14:10

    Wonderful!!

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  14. Shaun12 December 2012 at 20:18

    Nice one Andrew, cheers for sharing that. Its nice every now and again to break up a blog with a light hearted video. Ive not seen a heron fishing (or attempting to) before. this is a first for me.

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  15. Kenneth Cole Schneider12 December 2012 at 23:28

    Like our similar Great Blue Heron, which may sit for many minutes without moving. Herons are very diverse in their hunting styles.

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  16. Wally Jones13 December 2012 at 16:48

    Nice video. I'm familiar with the "fishing but no catching" mode!

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  17. Larry15 December 2012 at 05:42

    Great video Andrew! Poor guy, hope he caught something later after getting all wet for nothin'

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