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Sunday 21 June 2020

Winter Solstice

Today has been the Shortest Day, a turning point for the year.  Traditionally our weather will now get colder and wetter, but the days will also be growing longer.

When we lived on a farm I used to enjoy winter visits from these beautiful birds.



White-faced Herons are often locally called Blue Herons because of their bluish colouration.  They are an Australian species and first arrived in New Zealand during the 1940s.



This one decided it had had enough of its photo-shoot and was making a dignified exit.



Enjoy your weekend J

Margaret



16 comments:

  1. I wish that you would stop reminding me that our days are about to get shorter.

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  2. What beautiful photos of the heron.
    Here the day is getting shorter, the summer has started and we are already experiencing a heat wave this week, I am not happy with that.
    Best regards Irma

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    1. I don't like weather too hot - or too cold. Keep cool :)

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  3. Here it is the opposite, of course, and our days will start to shrink in length. I am not a big fan of summer heat, so the prospect of fall seems appealing. Yesterday it was thirty-one degrees here - too damn hot!

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  4. How lovely to have seen those birds on your farm. Lucky you

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  5. Hello,
    Your White-faced heron is beautiful. Great photos. We just had our longest day of summer..These days just go by way too quickly. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Enjoy your day, have a great new week ahead.

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  6. looking forward to longer days, and in due time warmer weather. Guess I will have to start the annual pruning of the roses and grape vine shortly.
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  7. Your days I'll be getting longer and out will be getting shorter! Love the heron shots.

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  8. Our days are getting shorter again! Sigh!

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  9. Beautiful bird!
    Living in Germany it was the longest day in the year. The weather forecast tells something about more than 30°C for the next days. I'm going to send you some warmth! :-)

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  10. Mr T has never met a heron. The egrets which occasionally stzlked up the stream across the road (in UK) were about half that size and herons were monsters (perfectly capable of carrying off more than fish. We've seen them stalk and steal ducklings.)

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  11. When we lived on our 5 acre property at Waipapakauri, just north of Awanui, we had white faced heron in the eucalyptus next to the house. I loved watching them.

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  12. What elegant birds your herons are!

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  13. Yes, the days are getting shorter for us now, bu-huu. I try not to think about it and enjoy your bird rather!

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