Fishing--bird style

[mnhtnbb]

Last edited Sat Dec 14, 2019, 03:33 PM - Edit history (1)

Scored my favorite table for lunch where I could sit and watch the dock and water below the over water restaurant. These are all from my camera--not my phone.

Coming to scope it out



Watching



Dammit, I just missed that one



I give up



Making tracks somewhere else



I hid pretty well from that damn bird!



Needlenose fish, now that bird is gone!

[Adsos Letter]

1. Great storytelling.

I love “Coming to scope it out.”

Looks like the trip is going well.

[mnhtnbb]

7. Yes, it's fun to watch the various critters.

As much as I love my downtown apartment for proximity to ballet, theatre, restaurants, etc to which I can walk, I miss the wildlife I used to see at the house in the woods in Chapel Hill. Getting to watch it here is fun.

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. I just saw a bald eagle in the Mississippi River.

I am sure he was fishing.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Where's the photo?

I was hanging over the railing, standing up at my table to get these shots!

[Cracklin Charlie]

11. Riding in a truck 45 miles per hour.

I tried on the return journey, but they were gone. There was two, and they were standing on thin ice.

Be careful!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. What kind of bird is that? It looks like some kind of heron,

but it's not a green heron. Google says it might be a pond heron, but those don't live in the western hemisphere. Where were these photos taken, and do you know what this bird is?

Wait, I think I've got it - American bittern (a heron relative)!

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Green heron was my first guess. Note the bright greenish-yellow on legs, and before eyes.

[mnhtnbb]

6. I think it is a green heron. I'm on Bonaire

a Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Green herons are quite common here.

On the other hand, I got several shots of what might be a striated heron this morning--according to my friend who lives here--which is quite uncommon on Bonaire. Apparently a visitor from South America? Striated herons have been spotted here recently.

This is the guy on the water's edge this morning.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. A green heron it is, then.

It didn't look that like the ones I've seen here - too stripey - but maybe there's a lot of variations. Many herons have greenish legs, so that didn't help.

[wendyb-NC]

5. Wonderful nature tour!

What an assortment of creatures. Are the fish gar? The crab cracks me up, perfectly cammo. Hiding from the bittern, no doubt. Looks like a fun place, thanks for sharing.

[mnhtnbb]

9. They are needlenose fish, which I guess

are also called needlenose gar.

[Callalily]

12. Glad that you could score a good table,

so you could take these great photos and share with us.

[mnhtnbb]

13. I'm having a wonderful time

trying to get photos of the wildlife.

[Mira]

14. You are having

such wonderful Christmas time adventures - you photos are wonderful - and allow us all to be with you in spirit.
Keep loving it, and keep sending pictures.