{"id":2273,"date":"2012-05-17T23:05:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T22:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2273"},"modified":"2013-11-05T18:52:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T18:52:04","slug":"the-juvenile-heron-photo-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/the-juvenile-heron-photo-special\/","title":{"rendered":"The Juvenile Heron (Photo Special)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We have a new inhabitant at Falmer Pond, a young heron. It was there this morning when I arrived, quietly minding its own business among the mass of herring gulls.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705125960.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Unlike the adult herons it has yet to develop an appropriate wariness of people, though it did wade out into the water when things got a little busy.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705125997.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>You might have thought a heron would be fairly safe out there, but as you can see here something startled it.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126082.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>That something is a gull.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126084.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>After being buzzed several times, discretion took over and the heron retreated to a more sheltered perch.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126222.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126231.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Later in the day I caught its somewhat inept attempts at fishing. It doesn&#39;t matter how many times you grab and drop a stick, it remains a stick. The giveaway with fish is that they move! <br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126351.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126416.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Still, it seemed quite relaxed about it all.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heron_juvenile_1705126424.jpg' \/><\/span> <br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><a title=\"site stats\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/free-web-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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