ardeidae

Juvenile.

Near the Paranoa Lake, in Brasilia, Brazil.

Fishing at midnight on a river. More photos of Black-crowned Night-heron: http://frantrabalon.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/black-crowned-night-heron.html

At first glance these guys look similar to our Green-backed Heron, and for a long time they were considered to be conspecific with the Green-backed Heron, but the much darker chest is definitely a distinguishing feature of this species.

Loved the setting. Greens unlimited

A Paddy Bird, in the sun.

Non -Breeding Cattle Egret

A juvenile Yellow Bittern. Not easy sighting them. Took me three full years.

A Grey Heron with a Juvenile Night heron and a Painted Stork for company

A immature Purple Heron- Not purple yet!!

He must have been in the army...! A Pond Heron

A Paddy Bird (aka Pond heron) in its green world

The patient vigil of a Paddy Bird

A Cattle Egret in Breeding plumage. Quite a dandy. had to add some blur to the water hyacinth in the background.

An Indian Pond Heron perched next to a Pond. One eye on eatables, one eye on me... In breeding plumage, these otherwise drab birds, do have a presence.

Paddy Birds are common in rice fields and next to ponds and lakes. Perched on a neem (Azadirachta indica) tree, the same Pond Heron looks nice, even if different.

The Paddy Bird (a.k.a Indian Pond Heron) is a common inhabitant of pond banks and crop fields. They thrive even around urban water bodies. Here is one individual... on the lookout. Seems to have one eye looking for prey and the other wary one... fixed on me.

Whistling Heron; Maria faceira family ardeidae

Squacco Heron in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. The picture was taken by Pel's Bridge near the Nxabega Safari Lodge.

66cm ( 26") Rare in NZ before 1940 but is now the most common Heron here. ( Australian species ) .

A very common bird in Colommbia.