{"id":1891,"date":"2011-02-08T06:12:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T11:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/08\/282011-green-heron-in-a-bush-merritt-island-nwr\/"},"modified":"2011-02-08T06:12:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T11:12:54","slug":"282011-green-heron-in-a-bush-merritt-island-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1891","title":{"rendered":"2\/8\/2011: Green Heron in a Bush, Merritt Island NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Space-Coast-2011\/15562693_yHKX3#1167146144_q5dny-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Space-Coast-2011\/IMG9687\/1167146144_q5dny-L.jpg?resize=650%2C490\" width=\"650\" height=\"490\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Green Heron is pretty regular (in my limited experience) in the pool by the restrooms at Merritt Island NWR. I have photographed a Green Heron in this spot several times, several different years\u2026so either it, or another of its kind, frequents the pool and the water channel behind the pool on a predictable bases. I look for it now. <\/p>\n<p>This bird was tucked back under a bush about 40 feet down the water channel from the road. I caught it as I turned the corner, only because I was looking for it, and parked and walked back. I really like the play of light under the mangrove foliage, especially behind the bird, and the way the sun catches in the yellow eye.<\/p>\n<p>Canon SD4000IS at about 1800mm equivalent field of view, 1\/400th @ ISO 160. Effective aperture, f5.<\/p>\n<p>Processed lightly in Lightroom for clarity and sharpness.<\/p>\n<p>And here is the shot zoomed in a bit, to about 4500mm equivalent field of view. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Space-Coast-2011\/15562693_yHKX3#1167148080_ZG9cX-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Space-Coast-2011\/IMG9723\/1167148080_ZG9cX-L.jpg?resize=650%2C490\" width=\"650\" height=\"490\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1891\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1891&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1891\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1891&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1891&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Green Heron is pretty regular (in my limited experience) in the pool by the restrooms at Merritt Island NWR. I have photographed a Green Heron in this spot several times, several different years\u2026so either it, or another of its kind, frequents the pool and the water channel behind the pool on a predictable bases. 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