Little Egret's shuffle dance is designed to disturb the fish for its own catching. It looks rightly affronted when the Kingfisher takes advantage! Great work here from @davidelement.bsky.social

Its heart is an old compass pointing off in four directions. 🧭 #HeronPoetry

Great White Egret vs eel (and Grey Heron). RSPB Morecambe Bay. #birds

Nothing happens in this video. Just 40-odd hi-res, slo-mo seconds of a young Heron getting ready for whatever the day may bring. No sound. At Richmond Park in Glasgow. #birds

Heron bathing in the River Kelvin in Glasgow, below Queen Margaret Drive. #birds

An outdoor studio setup at a bird sanctuary... And volunteers brought birds over for @bcroslin.bsky.social to photograph to help raise funds #HeronHeroes . 1/2 🧵

We 💙 all #HeronHeroes whether rescuing, caring, counting, or campaigning. (Beware the Heron Beakspear - it's fast, sharp, instinctive. Eye protection is essential)

Heron nest counts are one of the oldest forms of tracking bird populations. As the same trees are used every year you can quickly see change. Also the rawness of Heronlife. 🦴 🪹🪺🥚🧮 #HeronHeroes

Herons may appear prehistoric but they do care a lot for their chicks. That said it's tough love - the chicks are expected to learn fast how ways of the world.

Fresh White-Faced Herons, hatched next to each other and still staying close. That must give them some comfort in this scarey big world. (the most common Heron in Australia) 1/2 🧵

💭 Will no one rid me of this turbulent pigeon?

Heroneers! Check all Heron angles. They may not be where you assume. #HeroneerTipOfTheDay

Bend… and SNAP!

Heron ain't moving. So Heronographer has to.

One Legged, floating high up within its nighttime world. 🌙

day one of @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social today! in very good company !!! having a blast so far, if you're in Harrogate this weekend come by! #heron

Purple Heron... 90% Beakspear.

We've always said it Fish in Heron photos are lucky to get their 15 seconds of fame They could try look more happy about it

Kevin enjoys wading through the colourful leaf fall, creating swirling rainbows 🌈 #NamedHeron

Skittles enjoys wrapping up warm and Pondering among the branches. #NamedHeron

The Grey Herons of the Maldives live an unusual but wonderful life. They're always grateful to their ancestors that made the long crossing to the islands they now love 1/2 🧵

In Thursday morning’s sun, I came across this heron perched on a branch in the Thames by Port Meadow in Oxford. To my surprise, a little egret walked by with some prey it had fished out of the river. The heron just ignored it. It must have been feeling mellow @everyheron.bsky.social #birds

A Grey Heron bringing some needed grace to a rainy day in Reading, along the river Kennet. A beautifully crisp headplume curl. #HeronArt 🎨

Harriet likes dangling her toes in the breezes, and Pondering upon geometricals.

We've seen Heron in zoo enclosures all over the world Penguin Pelican Dolphin Sealion Spot the connection? Yes, fish! 🐟 🍽️

The sail. The hinge. Heron in flight.

Above the thin divide She's smoothly calm A presentation to the World Beneath Her Reflected Soul Shimmers and Ripples With chaotic energy

Heronkind let the world rush past 💦 #HeroneerTipOfTheDay

One Legged, floating high up within its nighttime world. 🌙

"The Heron gathers North around him like a monk's habit and appears to sleep." 💙

We're big fans of @giorgiopandiani.bsky.social's work... Check it out if you can spare a Heron moment #HeronArt 🎨

Ehi @everyheron.bsky.social, did you see the perfect Christmas Cards for #heron lovers everywhere? 🎄😁 Available now on my Etsy shop 👇 giorgiopandianiart.etsy.com/listing/1576... #herons #christmas #christmascards #etsy

Do not fear. Heronkind come in peace* * just don't be a fish, snake, frog, eel, rat, gopher...

Refraction, reflection, ripples are no camouflage as Heronkind manipulate physics to their advantage. 📐 Spot cloudy eye - Nictitating membrane flips over to protect the eye just as beakspear tip hits 💦 the water.

This rat family is living dangerously. November is the month when Grey Heron turn to thoughts of rat buffets, as fish go deeper. 🐀 🍽️

From the Galapagos to Amsterdam to Istanbul... Where there's a Fish Market there is often a Heron waiting for the choicest piscine offcuts. 🍽️ 🐟

Grey Heron get the big coat out of storage ready for winter and the early nesting season that is starting to raise itself in their consciousness.

The challenge for that beauty of a Heron is it's going to have to do a full 180° flip of that fish so it can be swallowed headfirst, as Heron tradition dictates. #HeronTipOfTheDay

When Heron visit, hit Pause. #HeronMindfulness

It's how you need to be when you need to catch fish down by your toes!

Creep by Radiohead, takes the form of Heron. 🎶 When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world

Here we are, emerging from the blankness #HeronArt

Fox invites the Heron to dinner but only provides a shallow plate of soup which the bird is unable to partake of because of its long beak In retaliation, Heron invites Fox, providing food in a bottle with long narrow neck: Fox is unable to share in this food Moral: What a waste of everyone's time!

Old Nog, the Grey Heron, from Tarka the Otter, illustrated by the Artist Heroneer CF Tunnicliffe #HeronArt 1/2 🧵

Herons are Nature's signposts Suggesting that you Pause And Look 🪧

Aurora Cloud Heron... The most mysterious and rarely seen of Heronkind. 🌌

I explored the story of the @rspb.bsky.social campaign against feather fashions in detail doi.org/10.1002/pan3... Feather fashions involved using not only feathers but also wings, skins, heads and whole bodies. And they were not limited to egret feathers, but involved all species of birds!

That Aesop memo changed everything, as this classic from Heroneer @pnwkate.bsky.social shows - a Coyote and Heron play together youtu.be/C7g5Us85VIw?...

Fox, coyote and Heron used to wind each other up with dirty tricks. But as Aesop recorded, they learned it wasn't worth it, and now they're more relaxed in each other's company.

"What a strange looking four-legged Heron that is" 💭🦖