Getting a decent photo of a blue heron is a piece of cake in Florida compared to up here in the northeast. Here they are generally very leery of humans and fly away when you try to get close. In Florida I can get a good photo of one by rolling out of bed and sticking the camera out the window. To get the one below, at Roseland Lake in Woodstock, CT, I had to settle on a spot pretty far away, get the canoe stable in the weeds, and then whap off a lot of frames with the 300mm, hoping for a few that would be in good focus. Same goes for eagles and oprey up here. Turtles are easy though.
Woodstock, CT, USA
The Urge to be Someplace Else 
Even harder with a large compliment of friends along! Nice shots!
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The Blue Heron was worth the wait! Love the one of it flying!
And that’s a cool shot of a bald eagle, too!
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