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23-SEP-2012 Coleen Perilloux Landry

Great Blue Heron

Louisiana

This beautiful creature flew to this spot and stayed and let me talk to it and shoot about 70 photos of it. Not until I downloaded the photos did I notice that it is injured and has a shoulder bone sticking out (see the brown spot).GBH's do have a spot like that but it is usually feathers, this is like a shiny bone. It must have gotten hurt in the winds of Hurricane Isaac.

Canon EOS 40D
1/125s f/5.6 at 90.0mm iso100 full exif

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Neal Nye25-Sep-2012 11:01
It's amazing any of them survive and I imagine a lot of them didn't. He's doing well, considering what he's been through!
Dennis Hoyne25-Sep-2012 02:29
A beautiful bird, sad that he is injured. He can still fly, so hopefully he will mend.
Range View 24-Sep-2012 22:43
Always feel for birds when storms hit, hope this guy mends okay.
David.
Karen Stuebing24-Sep-2012 22:06
It's nice you got this super detailed photo but sad about the injury. I hope it will be okay. I'm thinking positive and that it will heal.
Ed Preston24-Sep-2012 17:48
Hope it makes it OK! Thanks for sharing this story.
Shayne24-Sep-2012 17:01
Great photo sad that he is hurt
A J Adams24-Sep-2012 15:53
Great shot of this nice swamp scene.
Guest 24-Sep-2012 15:51
I love your images of the many bird and their swamp settings...
s_barbour24-Sep-2012 15:28
Beautiful setting for this terrific capture Coleen.
I hope the heron will heal okay.
Tom LeRoy24-Sep-2012 14:50
A great composition and sad story. Hope he'll heel fast and can survive! V!