On a lovely morning walk down by the bay at the end of August we sighted a variety of water birds including the great blue heron, the swan family, cormorants, gulls, Canada Geese and a young heron. Is it a young green heron or a young black crowned night heron? My first guess was a young green heron.
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The water was extremely low and in one of the ponds where we might see ducks and/or turtles we saw this little bird going from one side to the other. At first I thought it was a duck as we only saw it from behind but it perched onto a stump and we could see it was a different bird than we had spotted before, a young heron.
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For awhile it was fascinated with looking up into the trees.
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Just look how those eyes stand out. And what about all those soft feathers.
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Those greenish legs have feet that are like hands for grabbing the branch.
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The head feathers look so soft and fluffy.
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If we hadn’t seen him move to this position I don’t think we would of seen him as he blends in so well with the surroundings. I asked Terry Sprague from Nature Stuff to confirm the identification for me.
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Have a look at some more of my lens friends photos.
Other heron photos: