a place to be
Labels: Big Bear, birds, nature, photography, wildlife
posted by Jim at 11:33 AM
We are a car-free retired couple living in a small 950 sq ft mountain cabin on less than 1/4 acre at 6,750 ft elevation. The native plant habitat we established on the property now exceeds 100 species and we grow organic vegetables on a small portion of the yard. In our continuing efforts toward simple, sustainable and rewarding lives we bid our last car "Good Riddance" in January of 1997. Earth Home Garden represents what we love in life; our bountiful planet EARTH and all her natural diversity; our cozy little cabin HOME and the family it has sheltered for 29 years; and the GARDEN around us which nurtures so many native creatures and helps feed us as well. It's our PLACE TO BE........... ***NOTICE*** Unless otherwise stated, all photos and text posted here are the copyrighted property of Jim Otterstrom, who hereby grants permission to re-print or re-publish his work, freely, for non-commercial purposes, so long as it is un-altered and credit is given. See the Creative Commons license at bottom of page.
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7 Comments:
Great shot! Really a National Geographic's picture! I love so much the large format's photos. It's wonderful!
Herons are among my favorite birds. This is a great picture.
I noticed in your profile that you are a fan of Sir David's Private Life of Plants. You may be interested to know that he and his crew filmed a brief segment of that series in my "backyard." My husband was fortunate enough to spend the day with them as they filmed.
swamp4me-
WOW!
What segment did they shoot there, that's one of my favorite alltime nature films?
That's a day Mr. Swamp will always remember I'm sure.
Yes, I love the herons too and I'm hoping to get some decent pictures of the White Pelicans here as well, but they're even more skitterish than the herons.
i love blue herons...they bring back memories of watching them on our pond when i was a tomboy, running around half naked riding my pinto pony bareback...
they are such beautiful birds.
Beautiful photos, this one and the leaf. Congrats on the new camera, I will be getting mine shortly!
When I was little my grandparents lived on a lake, right across from an island that was a protected heron rookery. Sometimes I would take the rowboat or paddle boat over to the island just to watch and listen to the herons.
Wow! I envy you that sighting, and the shot. I have never gotten that close even with a 5x lense. Excellent!
That is a gorgeous photo! What a great shot, and you've got the reflection in the water below, too, which I love.
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