The P2 is always to hand, so I was just in time to focus on the bird before it spotted me and took flight.

It have seen you, before  you knew it ;-)

ebea Posted at 12-20 05:43
It have seen you, before  you knew it ;-)

Yes. I had been stood on a bridge nearby, for several minutes, taking pictures. And it did not move.
But when I went down to the riverbank, it watched me warily for a few moments, and then flew off.

Nice slow- mo Mr B

scubaAnn Posted at 12-20 06:48
Nice slow- mo Mr B

Thanks Ann. I thought I was being stealthy, but he had his beady eye on me from the start

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 08:06
Thanks Ann. I thought I was being stealthy, but he had his beady eye on me from the start

Us humans think we're so smart!!!!!

scubaAnn Posted at 12-20 08:22
Us humans think we're so smart!!!!!

Haha yes. So true. Then they outsmart us every time

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 05:49
Yes. I had been stood on a bridge nearby, for several minutes, taking pictures. And it did not move.
But when I went down to the riverbank, it watched me warily for a few moments, and then flew off.

My neighbour have a bigger pond with a lot of fish, which are visited of a Grey Heron, almost every day. And I have many times stood and watching when "he" flies in, which are exactly in same way every time, which are in a great circle, where "he" feels  out of sight.
And when I'm in another position to watch "him", he change the flight directions ;-)
So they are always watching!

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 09:01
Haha yes. So true. Then they outsmart us every time

Just the right place, at just the right time, with just the right tools at hand.

Nice one. :-)

ebea Posted at 12-20 11:31
My neighbour have a bigger pond with a lot of fish, which are visited of a Grey Heron, almost every day. And I have many times stood and watching when "he" flies in, which are exactly in same way every time, which are in a great circle, where "he" feels  out of sight.
And when I'm in another position to watch "him", he change the flight directions ;-)
So they are always watching!

I've been trying to "catch" this particular bird for over six months. Today was my lucky day

HGDC84 Posted at 12-20 14:33
Just the right place, at just the right time, with just the right tools at hand.

Nice one. :-)

I've been trying to "capture" that bird for six months - since we came back to live here. The river is just below my home

Double the fun.    still good the second time.

DAFlys Posted at 12-20 23:28
Double the fun.    still good the second time.

I got lucky

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 23:33
I got lucky

I had a triple yesterday.

DAFlys Posted at 12-20 23:43
I had a triple yesterday.

I'm not sure how it happened.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 23:57
I'm not sure how it happened.

Its a kink of the forum,  nothing you did.

Very nice one!

Montfrooij Posted at 12-21 01:35
Very nice one!

Thanks Peter

Very nice slomo.    You couldn't of had better timing.  The wing span of those herons is quite impressive.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-21 02:53
Very nice slomo.    You couldn't of had better timing.  The wing span of those herons is quite impressive.

Thanks. Yes, I reckon it's about 6feet.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 15:17
I've been trying to "capture" that bird for six months - since we came back to live here. The river is just below my home

Glad that you managed to get it now :-)

HGDC84 Posted at 12-21 07:13
Glad that you managed to get it now :-)

It was a long wait

Thanks for sharing.

Dong ZeYuan Posted at 12-21 18:19
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you

Blériot53 Posted at 12-21 03:17
Thanks. Yes, I reckon it's about 6feet.

I guess for their size it does take that much wing span to take off.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-22 03:17
I guess for their size it does take that much wing span to take off.

Yep. lift to weight ratio, then aerodynamic qualities.
Which aero engineer calculated that the bumblebee should not theoretically be able to fly?

Blériot53 Posted at 12-21 23:24
Thank you

it is a pleasure for me

Blériot53 Posted at 12-22 03:38
Yep. lift to weight ratio, then aerodynamic qualities.
Which aero engineer calculated that the bumblebee should not theoretically be able to fly?

Your query had me do a little research and this is the interesting find.

Short and stubby, the bumblebee doesn't look very flight-worthy. Indeed, in the 1930s, French entomologist August Magnan even noted that the bumblebee's flight is actually impossible, a notion that has stuck in popular consciousness since then.

Michael Dickinson, a professor of biology and insect flight expert at the University of Washington stated the whole question of how these little wings generate enough force to keep the insect in the air is resolved.  He says the big misconception about insect flight and perhaps what tripped up Magnan is the belief that bumblebees flap their wings up and down.  Actually, with rare exceptions, they flap their wings back and forth.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-23 03:09
Your query had me do a little research and this is the interesting find.

Short and stubby, the bumblebee doesn't look very flight-worthy. Indeed, in the 1930s, French entomologist August Magnan even noted that the bumblebee's flight is actually impossible, a notion that has stuck in popular consciousness since then.

Yes, there was an interesting documentary about that very subject on the TV not long ago.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-23 03:21
Yes, there was an interesting documentary about that very subject on the TV not long ago.

Guess I must have missed the documentary but then again I don't watch a lot of TV.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-23 15:38
Guess I must have missed the documentary but then again I don't watch a lot of TV.

Well we're in the UK, so maybe our TV programmes don't get screened in the US.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-23 15:58
Well we're in the UK, so maybe our TV programmes don't get screened in the US.

Probably not all but many get seen here.  

Happy Holidays!

it looks so good

SHERLOCKHOLMES Posted at 2-3 22:42
it looks so good

Thank you