Whether it’s a single bird or one of many, I can count on seeing and photographing great blue herons at the Millstone River Impoundment in Princeton. At first this morning, I didn’t see the heron in its usual spot just off the pedestrian bridges over the Delaware and Raritan canal.
I walked on the east side of the canal and made a loop back on the west side, where I stopped on the edge of the water just before I turned back to my car. I spotted an immature bald eagle flying away from me, and I raised my camera only to get a few fleeting shots as it hurried off. But moments later a heron came flying across the water and looped back toward me.
The sky was cloudy, but I caught a break as the sun peeked out as the heron came sailing toward me. The photo topping the post was the best of those I took, and if you look closely, you can see water glistening on the bird’s feet.
Some hooded mergansers paraded by as well, backlit as they made their way from my right to my left. 🦅
The Jersey Birder 
It’s surprising how often I see great blue herons in the Lake Carnegie area. I have yet to see hooded mergansers anywhere.
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