So many times there are things happening in a photograph we don’t notice at the time we were shooting. This is one.

Below was my first shot. It was at a distance, water separated us from the main rookery island. This was the back side with many nests and dark shadowed areas.

I didn’t see the nest in the shadows. In the nest was a young Black-crowned Night Heron.

A little while later I passed by again, taking the same shot, never know how good the first was.

Look close behind the adult and you will see the chick came out and was sitting off to the side. Here the young one looks a lot bigger.

Both were taken at a distance using the OM-1 mk2,  OM 100-400 II.