{"id":9680,"date":"2023-05-28T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T04:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9680"},"modified":"2023-05-28T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T04:43:09","slug":"night-herons-on-the-south-platte-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/28\/night-herons-on-the-south-platte-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Herons on the South Platte River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0018-Black-Crowned-Night-Heron-South-Platte.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0018-Black-Crowned-Night-Heron-South-Platte\" class=\"wp-image-9673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0018-Black-Crowned-Night-Heron-South-Platte.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0018-Black-Crowned-Night-Heron-South-Platte-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black-Crowned Night Heron. South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These birds are really amazing to watch. Look as those bulging eyes that I managed to capture in the following image.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0025-Night-Heron-Hunitng-South-Platte.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0025-Night-Heron-Hunitng-South-Platte\" class=\"wp-image-9674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0025-Night-Heron-Hunitng-South-Platte.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0025-Night-Heron-Hunitng-South-Platte-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night Heron, Hunting, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0042-Night-Heron-Rock-Hopping.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0042-Night-Heron-Rock-Hopping\" class=\"wp-image-9675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0042-Night-Heron-Rock-Hopping.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0042-Night-Heron-Rock-Hopping-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night Heron, Rock Hopping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0047-Night-Heron-Caught-Some-Prey.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0047-Night-Heron-Caught-Some-Prey\" class=\"wp-image-9676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0047-Night-Heron-Caught-Some-Prey.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0047-Night-Heron-Caught-Some-Prey-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night Heron, Caught Some Prey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After munching on the food, this heron did some rock hopping. I captured this heron in mid-stride.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0070-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-1.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0070-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-1\" class=\"wp-image-9677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0070-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0070-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-1-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night Heron, Mid-Stride, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the next image in mid-stride.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0071-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-2.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0071-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-2\" class=\"wp-image-9678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0071-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0071-Night-Heron-Mid-Stride-No-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night Heron, Mid-Stride, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, this heron resumed fishing from the next rock!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0072-Night-Heron-Resuming-Fishing-South-Plattle.jpg\" alt=\"2825-0072-Night-Heron-Resuming-Fishing-South-Plattle\" class=\"wp-image-9679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0072-Night-Heron-Resuming-Fishing-South-Plattle.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2825-0072-Night-Heron-Resuming-Fishing-South-Plattle-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night Heron, Resume Fishing, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We both enjoyed the time spent observing these herons as they went about hunting for fish and other critters swimming in the Platte River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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