Besides making soap, my favorite thing to do is follow birds around with my camera. I'm not a real photographer, I just love birds and most of them are exceptionally photogenic.
Today's trip out was to one of the little strips of shore that's a real hotspot for birds, it's one of my favorite places and I got a treat. Out there among all of the adult birds, there was a pretty young yellow-crowned night heron (one of my favorite birds), he's showing the very beginnings of the plumes on his head but his colors still have a long way to go. I was fortunate enough to get to watch him hunt crabs for nearly 45 minutes, and got some decent pictures.
Stalking a crab:
Got one!
He turned his head at a good angle for this one, you can make out the three plumes on top of his head:
More crabsnacks coming up, yum.
When he's an adult, he'll look like this:
Anyway, the little guy made my day, they're usually skittish but he was pretty much oblivious to me and I got to really enjoy watching him.
Today's trip out was to one of the little strips of shore that's a real hotspot for birds, it's one of my favorite places and I got a treat. Out there among all of the adult birds, there was a pretty young yellow-crowned night heron (one of my favorite birds), he's showing the very beginnings of the plumes on his head but his colors still have a long way to go. I was fortunate enough to get to watch him hunt crabs for nearly 45 minutes, and got some decent pictures.
Stalking a crab:
Got one!
He turned his head at a good angle for this one, you can make out the three plumes on top of his head:
More crabsnacks coming up, yum.
When he's an adult, he'll look like this:
Anyway, the little guy made my day, they're usually skittish but he was pretty much oblivious to me and I got to really enjoy watching him.
I'll link these instead of posting them directly because they're just as big as the night heron pics, but I got these shots last month and they still make me laugh. 
