Tag Archives: great blue heron

View 395: Returning to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Scott Thomas Photography

I have not wrote about the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge near Seneca Falls, New York in a few years. Besides me taking a couple of long breaks, Montezuma has been under a long construction project which was only to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View | Tagged 80-400mm, birds, eastern kingbird, great blue heron, great egret, insects, mallard duck, monarch butterfly, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D500, vr, wildlife | 2 Comments

View 181: Late Spring at the Wildlife Refuge

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

The work continues at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The pool near the visitor center has been drained and the marsh in the first section of the wildlife drive has been lowered. This seemed to concentrate the viewable wildlife along … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View | Tagged 80-400mm, bald eagle, birds, deer, great blue heron, mammal, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D700, red-winged blackbird, savannah sparrow, seneca falls, seneca river, song sparrow, vr, water, white-tailed, wildlife | 7 Comments

A Good Friday

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

Each year on Good Friday, I get up in time to arrive at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge to watch the Sun rise. It was around the freezing mark in temperature and, while the morning looked promising, clouds soon took … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Nature | Tagged 80-400mm, birds, canada geese, flying, great blue heron, harrier, hawk, marsh, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D70, nikon D700, nys thruway, pond, seneca falls, soaring, song sparrow, sunrise, tripod, vr, water, waterfowl, wildlife | 27 Comments

Birds of Montezuma Photo Essay

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

I had my most successful day photographing the birds who call the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge home in early April, 2010. In all, I photographed nine species in four hours of roving the wildlife drive, lookouts and trails. I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Nature, Photo Essay | Tagged 80-400mm, birds, canada goose, chickadee, flicker, flying, great blue heron, montezuma, new york, nikon D70, nuthatch, osprey, Photography, soaring, song sparrow, tree swallow, vr, wild turkey, wildlife, wildlife refuge, woodpecker | 18 Comments

View 68: Great Blue Heron

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Scott Thomas Photography

I’ve been watching Great Blue Herons around central New York for over 40 years. In all that time, I’ve never gotten any good photos of one. Sure, I have some of them sleeping, resting, hunting or flying. None are very … Continue reading →