{"id":8594,"date":"2026-08-05T05:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2026-08-05T05:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:49:43","slug":"great-blue-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"GREAT BLUE HERON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Managed to shoot the following sequence on a recent outing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-1536x1231.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2048x1642.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GREAT BLUE HERON CATCHES YOUNG MUSKRAT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-1536x1185.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-2-2048x1580.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-1536x1051.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-3-2048x1401.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-1024x970.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-1024x970.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-768x727.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-1536x1455.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/great-blue-1-of-1-4-2048x1940.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FLIGHT OF NO RETURN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managed to shoot the following sequence on a recent outing. 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