Agua Caliente - Part III

Continuing with Agua Caliente, Great Blue Herons. The Great Blue is usually present at Agua Caliente. Occasionally, I see one flying over our B&B on the way to there. 

Now, one normally doesn't think of waterbirds in Arizona. Actually, one normally doesn't think of water in Arizona. Well, except for drinking water. Coming from the Northwest, I wasn't quite sure what to expect in "the desert". But, there are a few water holes where waterbirds collect. Admittedly, it's not the same in, say Padilla Bay near Anacortes, Washington where you might find several hundred Great Blue Herons when the tide goes out. However, where there is water in Arizona, there is usually a park, and people, as well as the waterbirds. And, over time they have gotten used to each other. The result for the photographer is that you can often get very close, as you will see in the following Great Blue Heron photos from Agua Caliente:

This Great Blue Heron was a little further away but I had to get a photo of him downing the  three or four pound fish.

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