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When you live on White Heron Lane, it is no surprise that you might have a few white herons in your back yard. That would especially be the case if your back yard is actually a channel leading out to a tidal river.

Our river is the White Oak which is well over a mile wide near us.  It is home to lots of fish, otherwise known as heron food.  In fact the small gut of water behind our home often is a boiling sea of finger mullet which I suspect is one of the herons' favorite foods.

We have a number of white herons and at least two great blue herons, but we only have one green heron as far as I can tell.  My green heron is one of the more cooperative herons in that he does not mind being photographed.

The blue herons can smell a camera and start flying as soon as you try to snap a picture.  The white herons are clever because they give you only their narrowest and least interesting profile.

That leaves me with the green heron who seem to be willing to even show me his long neck.

This is a nice series of green heron photos that I took one morning.

It has been a while since I got some good blue heron shots, and I had to find a more cooperative blue heron down the river near Swansboro.  These are my blue heron shots that I got that day.

I have managed plenty of white heron shots.  They seem to be around a lot which is why I guess we live on White Heron Lane.

While I often think of the inlet being my runway to the White Oak, the ICW, and Bogue Inlet maybe it is just a heron landing strip.

If you want a very good look at my favorite green heron, click on the thumbnail picture in the post.