Great Blue

The list of wading birds of Arizona would not be complete without the largest and most often seen Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias )

This magnificent bird can be four feet tall or more and make a great subject for the camera, providing you have a long lens of course, as they are very easily disturbed. Their senses are very keen and they do not like intruders.

With this water theme, I guess I am obviously missing the monsoon season. It has been minimal at best this year, but hopefully the forecast of rain tomorrow and Wednesday will become a reality.  I am ready for summer to be over and make a trip out to the desert in cooler temperatures.

The Great Blue Heron in Watercolor

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Author: Ralph Sellers

First of all, let me borrow a line from the Grateful Dead...what a long strange trip its been. I grew up in Appalachia, not far from Wheeling, West Virginia. I decided at seventeen that working in the coal mines was not for me and soon found myself standing at an on-ramp with my thumb out. It was the Sixties and adventure beckoned. I'm a self taught artist, primarily focusing on the natural world. I enjoy painting the flora and fauna of this beautiful planet. I currently live in Arizona, and most of my recent works reflect the inhabitants of the Sonoran desert.

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