Natural Selections

I realize this is a bit out of season, but hey it’s my blog and I like the picture.
Along the nature trail behind our home there are a number of ponds where rain water collects enroute to Jordan lake. They are almost nuclear green at times and I can’t imagine that there is much oxygen in the water, nevertheless it is home to frogs, fish, turtles and who knows what else. We have a blue heron or two that regularly work the ponds for fish. This Great Blue Heron had just taken off from the water’s edge and was circling through the trees when I took this picture. Apex, NC. Nov. 2007