A male house sparrow perches on dead branches at Jim Hamm Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #sparrows #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #housesparrow #housesparrows

A great blue heron portrait at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #b&w #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #heron #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #herons

A great blue heron fishes from a branch sticking out of the pond at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #b&w #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron

A great blue heron catches a large fish at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #b&w #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron portrait at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #b&w #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron portrait at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #b&w #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Happy New Year! My last post of 2025! An immature great horned owl perches on a fence post right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #bird #birds #owl #owls #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #portrait

A great blue heron fishes during dusk at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #reflections #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons

A great blue heron is reflected along with the root system of a dead tree that fell over ions ago at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #reflections #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons

After catching a fish a great blue heron climbs a log to fish at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons

A cooper's hawk perching in a dead tree at Roger's Grove Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #branchingout #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #hawk #hawks

A blackbird perches on an Indian tipi at the High Plains Environmental Center in Loveland, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #branchingout #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #blackbird #blackbirds

A male mallard feeds with its butt in the air in St. Vrain Creek at Roger’s Grove Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #mallard #mallards

A great blue heron readies for flight at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetlano #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron portrait at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron fishes from a tree branch sticking out of the pond at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #serenity #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Cattails at the end of season and a great blue heron fishing at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons

I photographed this a little over a year ago. This double-crested cormorant, which is missing its left wing, managed to jump onto this log to perch. The poor thing was left behind during the cormorants migration at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #bird #birds #birdphotography

A great blue heron perches on an exposed log before sunset at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #heron #greatblueherons #herons

A great blue heron fishes in St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #FlyDay #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron catches a huge rainbow trout at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #FlyDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

"What you looking at, Willis? A juvenile great horned owl waits for its mother to hunt on an old rustic fence at dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos

Merry Christmas! #MerryChristmas

A great horned owl is distracted by smaller birds flying overhead while perching on a fence rail right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos

I photographed this a little over a year ago. This double-crested cormorant, which is missing its left wing, managed to jump onto this log to perch. The poor thing was left behind during the cormorants migration at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles

A great blue heron portrait at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great horned owl perches on a fence post right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands

A great horned owl perches on a fence post right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature

Almost three weeks ago it was a winter wonderland in Longmont, Colorado. Here is St. Vrain Creek as seen from the Hover Street bridge that day. Today the high is 71 degrees. Crazy! #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #Landscape #Landscapes #Scenic #Scenics

Closeup photograph of hoar frost on tree branch. #MacroMonday #MinimalMonday #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #macro #closeup #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature

Heron Lake at Pella Crossing outside Hygiene, Colorado, is another great example of Boulder County's Open Space program. #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #Landscape #Landscapes #Photography #Photography #Photograph #Photographs #Photo #Photos #Scenic #Scenics

The sun bursts like a star in the bluebird sky over Sheep Creek Peak, 9,951 feet, above Irwin, Idaho. #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Landscapes #Photography #Photography #Photograph #Photographs #Photo #Scenic #Scenics #Winter #Winterwonderland

A great blue heron swallows a huge rainbow trout it caught at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron fishes at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetlano #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A juvenile great horned owl hunts a mischievous squirrel that was teasing it on the fence post and ran to the ground and back up to the fence railing. #StunDay #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #owl #owls #birdphotography #photograph #photographs #photo

A great blue heron is silhouetted as it perches on a floating log at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetlano #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron fishes in the fog at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. A very quiet moment. #BirdOfTheDay #Quietmoments #EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #greatblueheron #heron #greatblueherons #herons

A great blue heron perches on the root system of a dead tree that fell over at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Quietmoments #EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #greatblueheron #heron #greatblueherons #herons

With its long legs and neck a great blue heron catches a a long rainbow trout at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A closeup headshot of a great blue heron at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron stretches its neck on the fishing pier at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron flies across the pond at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. The Boulder Flatirons are reflected in the water. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great blue heron perches on a tree root system at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #QuietObservers #EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons #wetland #wetlands

A great blue heron uses its wings to get up on this log and balance itself at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #OpenWings #EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

A great horned owl perches right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #QuietObservers #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets

A great blue heron squawks at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons #nature

A great horned owl perches right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado. #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets

A house finch eats yellow salsify seed along the St. Vrain Greenway at Golden Ponds Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #NaturesPantry #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #housefinch #housefinches #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #flower #flowers

A great blue heron catches the second of three fish he caught at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons #wetland #wetlands

A great blue heron scratches itself at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #ScratchersAndPruners #EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons