First a short sequence from this morning. The heron was standing in the shallow water as I drove up to the pond. I shot these from the car to avoid disturbing it. The fish might have preferred it if I had!
Those are taken from a much longer sequence, but I need to leave room for the adventures of Dylan. This was lunchtime, and Dylan is a dog. An elderly dog who had found his way into the water but wouldn't come out.
A small crowd had gathered on the shore to try to coax him in, but every time he came close he was distracted by the ducks. There was not a hope of him catching anything (except a cold), and it was really a matter of waiting for him to exhaust himself. He eventually emerged after about an hour and a half swimming around, just as the local fire service arrived to effect a rescue.
As for the ducks, when he did approach they beat an orderly retreat!
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
gdare
29 Jul 2011That heron is a better fisherman than I will ever be :left:
That dog is a better swimmer than I will ever be :left:
:awww:
😥
Words
29 Jul 2011Darko, I'm sure you could learn both very easily.
Words
29 Jul 2011Erwin, thanks! I was lucky with my timing for once.
SittingFox
31 Jul 2011What is that heron eating? It looks like a goldfish!
I was walking Khamsin near Rye earlier this year when she went bounding across an apparently dry pond…and sunk in mud up to her elbows. I had a fine time cleaning her up :yuck:
Words
1 Aug 2011Adele, I've seen them catch similar looking fish in the past so I imagine they're breeding in there, among the carp. Mud and dogs don't mix. Well they do, and that's the problem 😀
Mickeyjoe-Irl
20 Aug 2011Originally posted by SittingFox:
On the bright side it would have been a lot messier if you had sunk up to your elbows. 😆
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Nice documented Photos