Until this year, I have seen Green Herons maybe 4 times in Maine. They are here, obviously. We certainly have the right habitat along the coast, with miles of fresh and brackish marsh. I just have not seen them much.

This year, I have found two right in, more or less, downtown Kennebunk. Factory to Pasture Pond is a block back from the busiest part of Main Street and I have photographed a Green Heron there on two separate occasions…not to mention a Black-crowned Night Heron and a Kingfisher. Quest Pond is behind our only shopping mall, on the grounds of an industrial park type steel-framed building now converted to a medical center. I have photographed the Green Heron that frequents Quest Pond and the other drainage ponds of the estate several times now (not, again, to mention yesterday’s Kingfisher). Maybe this is totally typical of down-town Kennebunk. I wouldn’t know, as, before my infatuation with Dragon and Damselflies, I never spent much time at the local watering holes. 🙂

Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation. 1680mm equivalent field of view (840mm optical plus 2x digital tel-extender). f5.8. 1-3) 1/125 and 1/200th @ ISO 800. 4) 1/200th @ ISO 400.

Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.