Look away if you're that type
He didn't make it - he was gathered up and euthanized due to his broken leg, and having fallen from the nest / or being pushed...
This photo was taken on June 7, 2009 using a Nikon D300.
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jyoungde (36 months ago | reply)
A sad story, but immortalized by your wonderful photograph.
rivadock4 added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
rivadock4 (36 months ago | reply)
What a sad, sad photo.
Nikon~Dolll (36 months ago | reply)
Rest in peace, little one. Nature's lessons are sometimes the most difficult for humans to accept.
Bill Adams added this photo to their favorites. (36 months ago)
Bill Adams (36 months ago | reply)
Oh, my.
Doug Lloyd added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
smiles7 (36 months ago | reply)
How sad..............
Bill Jones Jr added this photo to their favorites. (36 months ago)
Bill Jones Jr [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
Damn. And you made the right call in posting... not all great work is about beauty. It's the hunched body language and the flies that get me. Choosing to color only his eye was brilliant.
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[Christine] (36 months ago | reply)
Aw... that's a real shame. It's too bad that he was not eligible for recovery and rehab.
Northeast Bay (36 months ago | reply)
That stinks.....but thanks for capturing what can't be replaced.
kgrin (36 months ago | reply)
Such is the way - and this is a sensitive expression on your part.
salma1 (36 months ago | reply)
Poor little one, I feel so sad for hi. Why couldn't they take him to a rehab center?
Stacey Conrad added this photo to her favorites. (36 months ago)
flying*sara (36 months ago | reply)
awww..... :(
_ njphoto [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
Poor thing! great shot Jon! excellent selective use of color
www.matthansenphotography.com added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
www.matthansenphotography.com (36 months ago | reply)
So much emotion in this photo!!!!! I'm in love with it...WOW
Clay Carson added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
Imapix (36 months ago | reply)
It says it all!
Stunning image of fragility!
Wow!
Imapix added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
vidular (36 months ago | reply)
Stunning image, well done!
t.sullivan photography (36 months ago | reply)
Poor baby bird. Nature can be cruel sometimes.
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sunspotimages (36 months ago | reply)
Wonderful nature shot. Too bad he did not make it, but that is the way mother nature works.
Angel Cher ♥ (36 months ago | reply)
Oh that is so sad!
Angel Cher ♥ added this photo to her favorites. (36 months ago)
nikonjim (36 months ago | reply)
That is sad, your photo really captures the mood.
PeteZ28 (36 months ago | reply)
So sad, but that's how nature works. Survival of the fittest.
Excellent job on the treatment too Jon, that yellow eye really touches the emotions.
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Chris Sharratt (36 months ago | reply)
What a stunning photograph, technically and emotionally.
Pauls Place EUPEN added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
Pauls Place EUPEN (36 months ago | reply)
Nice work.
CPG Photography (36 months ago | reply)
Poor little guy. :(
sillygoose82(catching up) added this photo to her favorites. (36 months ago)
sillygoose82(catching up) (36 months ago | reply)
Oh how sad! His eyes really try to say something!
Epoch Photo 1 [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
Jon,
Sorry to hear about this little guy. Something about his expression captures the sadness of the moment.
Bob
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Nikographer [Jon] (33 months ago | reply)
some times I come back to my own work, and have to sigh. At the time, when I took this, my urge was "get help", but it was also "omg I have to capture this".
I'd never seen or even knew about the euthanasia angle that black-crowned night herons employ, apparently regularly at the national zoo. I heard at its peak the zoo finds something like 20 dead or dying bcnh's per day!!! That's nuts. but the flock is huge, and the number of nests is pretty high. And this is the ONLY colony of BCNH's in Washington D.C.
Many of the zoo's herons have already started to move on now, I was there a couple weeks ago and saw some bcnh's but not a bajillion like there were 2 months ago.
I'm sure it was a good season for them - regardless of this one fallen bird. but it does bring a tear to my eye......
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