Catfish For Dinner is a photograph by Norman Johnson which was uploaded on December 22nd, 2019.
Catfish For Dinner
A great blue heron captures a catfish in the marshes beside the Lake Apopka North Shore Wildlife Drive in Orange County, Florida.... more
Title
Catfish For Dinner
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A great blue heron captures a catfish in the marshes beside the Lake Apopka North Shore Wildlife Drive in Orange County, Florida.
Great blue herons (ardea herodias) can be found in any watery habitat from Alaska and Canada, down through the United States into Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern tip of South America. They are a partial migrant, moving only when the water freezes over and a rare vagrant to Europe.
The great blue heron is a opportunistic feeder, eating mainly fish, but will devour almost anything edible that comes within striking distance. It tends to stand very still waiting for its prey to come to it. You will see it wading slowly, up to belly deep in water, or standing like a statue.
They build stick nests in bushes or trees in colonies, usually over water or on a small island surrounded by water. They lose the occassional chick that falls out of the nest to alligators, but in exchange the alligators keep other predators like raccoons from getting to the nests.
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December 22nd, 2019
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Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm Really glad you like it Don Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds."
Norman Johnson
I'm Really glad you like it Meeli Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Egrets And Herons."
Norman Johnson
I'm Really glad you like it Scott. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm really glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "A Birding Group - Wings."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm Really glad you like it Don Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Birds In Focus."
Norman Johnson
I'm really glad you like it Doug. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Animal Photographs."
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!" Sharing on Pinterest Board - Images That Excite You!
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm Really glad you like it John. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You."