For The Birds...

I came across the fellow during yesterday evening's walk at Watershed Nature Center.  I'm no ornithologist, but I beleive it is a Great Blue Heron.  We stared at each other for 10-15 seconds, then it flew off.  Not a great capture, but neither the most patient subject.  Probably mad that I'd interrupted the search for dinner...

I tried to catch it flying away, but the low light (it was ~8:30 pm) was too much for my camera....  Between the auto-focus searching and 1/30th sec exposure (at ISO 3200):