David Element

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__________________________ Birds 16 - Grey Herons 2

                  GREY HERON Ardea cinerea                        GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

                                  GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

                                  GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

           GREY HERON Ardea cinerea                                 GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

                                  GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

           GREY HERON Ardea cinerea                           GREY HERON Ardea cinerea 

                                  GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

• A range of behavioral aspects are shown for these large predatory birds. Their preening behaviour can be positively balletic. The juvenile bird in the fourth photograph launched itself Kingfisher Alcedo atthis-like off a steep riverbank and it was duly rewarded with a large Chub Leuciscus cephalus for this enterprising and unconventional approach (see Fish 1 for a more fortunate representative of the latter species). Unfortunately the light was too poor to enable this capture to be photographed well enough for reproduction here. Eight of these pictures are new digital material and the remaider have been scanned from transparencires. Further images of Grey Herons may be seen on Birds 2, Birds 9 and Birds 27.

Links to 'ARKive' species accounts:

• For further information about the Grey Heron use the following link: http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Ardea_cinerea/

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