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ardea cinerea

  1. Flight

    Flight

    Eventually the same heron.
  2. Grey heron

    Grey heron

  3. grey heron

    grey heron

  4. Grey heron

    Grey heron

    Afternoon sunshine.
  5. grey heron

    grey heron

    needs to improve its fishing technique a bit, it pierced the fish with its lower mandible
  6. Gray Heron

    Gray Heron

    This is an adult in near breeding plumage with pinkish bill and showing ornamental plumes on its nape and neck. Birds in Africa are assigned to the nominate race characterized by overall darker color. The larger Great Blue Heron (A. herodias) of the Americas is similar but has narrower black...
  7. SF...In my neck of the woods.

    SF...In my neck of the woods.

    Grey heron
  8. Grey heron in moire waters

    Grey heron in moire waters

  9. Into the trees....Grey heron

    Into the trees....Grey heron

  10. Just catching some rays

    Just catching some rays

    A grey heron sunning itself at a local nature reserve
  11. Hungry and successful

    Hungry and successful

    A less shy one of this species was here. It was not too difficult to get some close-ups.
  12. Worldview ...

    Worldview ...

    ... surreal ______________ Gray heron Keoladeo National Park India
  13. Grey Heron

    Grey Heron

    During a lovely walk around a small, local nature reserve this fabulous heron flew overhead, only visible for a few seconds, before disappearing behind trees. I was very lucky my husband spotted him just as he appeared and alerted me to him!
  14. Grey heron flight

    Grey heron flight

    Immature bird, notice the two white spots at the bend of the wing.
  15. Grey Heron

    Grey Heron

    This bird has been reported for a while and I finally caught up with it (it is a rarity in Barbados). This photo demonstrates the whitish (possibly pale grey) thighs and belly and also from its head pattern demonstrates that it is an immature bird. Other photos I have show the two white areas at...
  16. Well camouflaged in yesterdays downpour.

    Well camouflaged in yesterdays downpour.

    Grey heron
  17. Grey heron

    Grey heron

  18. Lakescape-867

    Lakescape-867

    It was a lovely winter morning ... lazy was the wind ... with thin mist hanging around ... this stray waterbody in the agrarian hinterland was agog with migratory species ... and more arriving ... ___________ Greylag Goose Bar-headed Goose Eurasian Spoonbill Black-headed Ibis Common Teal...
  19. A foggy day   Grey heron

    A foggy day Grey heron

    Hard to see anything at a distance yesterday
  20. Lakescape-852

    Lakescape-852

    Sunset magic at Keoladeo ... No ... this is not an upside down image ... This is the reflection of setting sun and a Grey Heron posing nicely in front ... ____________________ 12 January 2023
  21. Grey heron

    Grey heron

  22. Grey Heron

    Grey Heron

  23. Ardea cinerea

    Ardea cinerea

  24. Lakescape-839

    Lakescape-839

    Great Egret and Grey Heron ... ... flanking Two Little Egrets ... and an Intermediate Egret right in the middle ______________ Bhindawas Jhajjar : Haryana India 16 January 2023
  25. Grey Heron

    Grey Heron

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