A great image, even better in lightbox.
Just classic
Nice capture.
How did the Missus feel about it?
Several years of watching Herons nest building have shown me that just because you bring her a stick it doesn't mean that it will fit exactly where she wants.
Whoa, nicely done. What detail.
Very nice pose in beautiful light
Definitely a serious stick! Nicely done.
That's a seriously good image Chris. I think you're training these birds.
There are times I really have to admire birds.
I mean, they don't have any hands and are pretty limited, for the most part, with what they can do with their feet. And yet they build nests, usually up in trees, but not always, and raise their young there.
Very nice picture, and I wonder how hard it was to pull that stick out of the mud. You can see by the water mark it was in pretty deep.