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04-JUN-2010 Hank v/d Velde

20100605 1660 Great Blue Herons.jpg

Eastern Ontario

DINNER IS SERVED. The four young seem to be competing for the meal brought in by one of the adults. It seems that the adults catch dinner, then grind it up for deposit directly into the beak or beaks of the young. Alternatively, the adult simply spits up the food into a pile at the bottom of the nest and the young help themselves to it from there. The young all try to be the first to get the food - quite a bit of pushing going on.

Nikon D300S ,Nikkor AF-S 500mm f/4G ED VR
1/320s f/13.0 at 500.0mm iso320 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
XiaoBernard9914-Aug-2010 05:22
A big family so well captured,unique and great.VV
Monique Trempe09-Jul-2010 23:32
Wow! Beautiful capture, very great composition. V
Shelly- VA Beach07-Jul-2010 11:53
Great to see a full nest - super shot!
Dennis Swayze07-Jul-2010 03:25
Great timing...well done.
Cheers !
Jean D04-Jul-2010 23:55
Excellent timing on this catch, Hank! A lot of hungry mouths to feed 24/7!!
Stan Wojick03-Jul-2010 21:41
Reminds me of splitting a brick of ice cream when we were kids. Great shot Hank.
Maja Waiss03-Jul-2010 21:24
Great shot,Hank! Fantasic. V
Patricia Kay03-Jul-2010 20:34
Wonderful capture Hank...Love it...BV
Colin Storey03-Jul-2010 19:54
Fantastic shot of the feeding action.
hge5403-Jul-2010 19:54
Wonderful image. It looks like she is trying to grind up Dad's bill.
jychamberland03-Jul-2010 19:47
beautiful family catch Hank!
s_barbour03-Jul-2010 19:41
Oh this is superb Hank...what a great catch! V
Robert Houde03-Jul-2010 19:29
Very well done behavior Hank
Guest 03-Jul-2010 19:03
Awesome interaction shot, Hank.
Ulla Kruys03-Jul-2010 17:13
A great picture of family life!!
Guest 03-Jul-2010 16:18
What a wonderful capture !Lovely shot. BV,BV , BV !!!!!
Marjan Schavemaker03-Jul-2010 15:23
Great capture, Hank! V
Eric Martin03-Jul-2010 14:55
Superb capture Hank!!
Vince03-Jul-2010 13:53
Excellent shot of the activity Hank. Vote.
Lieve Snellings03-Jul-2010 12:17
wowwwwwwwwwww fantastic capture ! v
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet03-Jul-2010 12:12
Very impressive capture
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal03-Jul-2010 11:18
wat een prachtige foto, een hele familie reiger en allemaal honger!!
Ton
robertoparmiggiani03-Jul-2010 11:04
Great shot
lou_rozensteins03-Jul-2010 09:53
They look so big! It must be time for them to fly. Well done.
Guest 03-Jul-2010 08:55
the classic large family :) V
Marc Vermeulen03-Jul-2010 08:11
Lovely familie shot!
Giancarlo Guzzardi03-Jul-2010 05:56
beautiful group picture
Tom Munson03-Jul-2010 04:56
Fantastic behavioral image, Hank! Great shot!
Bryan Murahashi03-Jul-2010 04:42
An excellent behavior capture, Hank.
Carol Rollins03-Jul-2010 04:39
This is a fabulous and wonderful image Hank. ~
Ali Majdfar03-Jul-2010 04:24
Superb capture! ~V
Coleen Perilloux Landry03-Jul-2010 02:45
What is catch.
Jess. ( Lady.D.)03-Jul-2010 02:35
Just like any other family mealtime:-) everyone for himself...Great shot Hank....
Jim Coffman03-Jul-2010 02:08
Another fine bird capture,Hank!
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