Little Blue Heron

by Donna Kennedy

Title

Little Blue Heron

Artist

Donna Kennedy

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Photograph - Photographs

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Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy
Texture added for an artistic enhancement
Photographed in Sun City Center, Florida...

A small, dark heron arrayed in moody blues and purples, the Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) is a common but inconspicuous resident of marshes and estuaries in the Southeast. They stalk shallow waters for small fish and amphibians, adopting a quiet, methodical approach that can make these gorgeous herons surprisingly easy to overlook at first glance. Little Blue Herons build stick nests in trees alongside other colonial waterbirds. The male and female adult little blue heron are similar in appearance, but the juvenile is markedly different, with yellowish-green legs and mostly white plumage except for pale slate-grey primary feathers. The immature bird starts to develop adult plumage during its first spring when it becomes mottled blue and white, such that it has the appearance of tie-dye.
In the U.S., their populations have been in a gradual decline since the mid-twentieth century.

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