Little Blue Heron in Breeding Plumage - Egretta Caerulea

This beautiful Little Blue Heron (scientific name is Egretta Caerulea) in it's breeding plumage attire, so to speak, was kind enough to pose for me... more

by DB Hayes

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Little Blue Heron in Breeding Plumage - Egretta Caerulea

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DB Hayes

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Photograph - Photography, Photographs, Prints, Images

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This beautiful Little Blue Heron (scientific name is Egretta Caerulea) in it's breeding plumage attire, so to speak, was kind enough to pose for me this morning at the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge while I clicked off many photographs of it. A small, dark heron arrayed in moody blues and purples, the Little Blue Heron 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. In the U.S., sadly their populations have been in a gradual decline since the mid-twentieth century. Please be assured should you wish to buy a copy of "Little Blue Heron in Breeding Plumage" to have printed on canvass, photo-paper or any of FAA's many other available medias FAA's watermark will NOT appear on your printed media when you receive it. All visits to my FAA-Pixels art site are welcomed, encouraged and greatly appreciated. Please visit often and, if you will, please also visit my wife's FAA-Pixels art site. Deb's link is; deb-hayes.pixels.com --- Thank you for taking the time to visit. Bill

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October 5th, 2016