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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Goliath Heron on Lake Baringo

I have posted about Goliath Herons before but recently on our safari through Kenya, while out on a boat trip on Lake Baringo in the Great Rift Valley, I managed to get very good photos of this fascinating bird.

Our boatman and knowledgeable bird guide, Johnson stopped to show us a pair of Goliath Herons, one standing on a nest

He pointed to a younger Heron standing on the same tree top

Possibly this was the female standing to the rear of the tree-tops

When I downloaded my photos, I was thrilled with the next photo. Obviously I had the settings right, the background and surrounding foliage was perfect. I also captured this image with the rays of the setting sun playing over it.
My all-time favourite bird photos taken on Lake Baringo, Great Rift Valley, Kenya

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20 comments:

  1. I've mentioned you and your blog in my blog post today. Go take a look :-)

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  2. Hi Jo, Great pictures of the herons.... They really are BIG.....

    Have a good day.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  3. Gorgeous heron! Your shots are great, Jo!

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  4. such a long beautiful orange neck, so the Kenyan people use features for their clothes?

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  5. Hi Jo, they are big herons. Wonderful shots. I love the last one standng in the sun!

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  6. Whoo hoo it sure is a great shot. The light was just right for you. They seem such big birds to be sitting in a tree.

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  7. Awesome captures!

    I saw a Goliath at Kruger.

    I laugh at our long-legged herons perched in the tree tops.

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  8. Lovely images Jo.
    They really are beautiful herons to see..

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  9. Beautiful to see!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  10. Jo! These are excellent shots of the Great Herons on Lake Baringo. Beautiful.

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  11. Great photos - especially the last one.

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  12. What beautiful and elegant birds, great shots.

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  13. Oh, I would love to see one of these babies.
    Jo, have you some details on their size?? Would it mistake me for a frog or a penguin . . . in relative terms, does it come up to my hip, my shoulder or tower above my head like some prehistoric beast?

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  14. Yup, that last shot is wonderful!! I love all the detail you can see in his feathers!

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  15. Perfect image Jo. What a thrill to get a shot like that and what a pleasure to see it. Thanks for sharing!

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  16. What a fantastic bird -- great captures!

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  17. Amazingly beautiful shots of a magnificent bird Jo! I had to look this up on Wikipedia. Standing up to 5 feet tall and with a nearly 8 foot wingspan, they are the largest heron in the world, WOW!

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  18. These are great shots! What an impressive bird!

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  19. I never knew that there were such large herons! The final photo is indeed spectacular, Jo. Everything about it is lovely. Its neck looks like it's made of gold.

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