While out daughter Susan was visiting us, the two of us took a trip to the South Platte river to see what birds we could find. After finding a Night Heron, she became entranced by these birds fishing among the rocks. It turned out that there were 5 Black-Crowned Night Herons spread out across the width of the river! What luck. We spent most of the next hour watching these herons as the they were fishing.
These birds are really amazing to watch. Look as those bulging eyes that I managed to capture in the following image.
This was the heron closest to where were sitting close to the bank of the river. Soon the heron spread its wings an did some rock hopping to move to a new location.
Here the heron continued fishing. Success at last, as it caught something from the river! Susan saw several herons catching some prey. I only managed to get one decent image, with the heron swallowing prey.
After munching on the food, this heron did some rock hopping. I captured this heron in mid-stride.
Here is the next image in mid-stride.
Finally, this heron resumed fishing from the next rock!
We both enjoyed the time spent observing these herons as they went about hunting for fish and other critters swimming in the Platte River.