{"id":245,"date":"2006-04-12T06:48:10","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T06:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=245"},"modified":"2011-11-26T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T06:49:28","slug":"finally-the-great-blue-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"Finally…the Great Blue Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/center>I’ve been chasing a few of these enormous birds around with my camera ever since I got it. Tuesday I was bumping around along the sandbars south of Bismarck (thank heavens for big tires) and just barely noticed this fella out of the corner of my eye. I got out of the truck and hoofed it over to where he was fishing, but unfortunately they are very skittish birds. That’s why I have yet to get a decent photo of one!<\/p>\n

This didn’t turn out so badly, actually…considering I was walking in sand without a tripod or monopod. The great beast took off and I whipped the camera into place, held onto the shutter for dear life, and this is the result. I’m told they tend to be territorial, so I know where to look for him in the future.<\/p>\n

Despite my wordcraft, that just didn’t have the excitement of a Moby Dick moment, did it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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