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butorides virescens

  1. Green Heron PC303823

    Green Heron PC303823

    The viewing platform is popular with the birds :) It is roped off so no access for humans!
  2. Green Heron PC253456.jpg

    Green Heron PC253456.jpg

  3. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    I like this image of the heron sitting between a couple of rocks by a small pond.
  4. Hungry Heron

    Hungry Heron

    This Green Heron had good success with his hunting
  5. Green Heron

    Green Heron

  6. Green Heron

    Green Heron

  7. Green Heron

    Green Heron

  8. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    I realize this could look like an image with artificial lightning during capture or post processing. Neither is true, completely natural light. However, as I took this image sun was behind me and rain was starting from the opposite direction. Lucky draw except for the extent I got wet ...
  9. Tailless Green Heron

    Tailless Green Heron

    It seems to me that this bird shown even less tail than usual, probably due to molt. I never got completely convinces whether there was a second bird up in the trees.
  10. Green Heron

    Green Heron

  11. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens)
  12. Looking for Signs

    Looking for Signs

    Little did he know, the sign this Green Heron was looking for was right beneath him
  13. An Awkward Turn

    An Awkward Turn

    A Green Heron executes an awkward turn to see what the hubbub is about when a Snowy Egret squabbles with a Tricolored Heron
  14. An Attention Getter

    An Attention Getter

    A young Green Heron perks up and stares at the camera after hearing the shutter fire
  15. Green Heron

    Green Heron

  16. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    The green heron is a small heron of North and Central America.
  17. Green Heron

    Green Heron

  18. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    From a distance Green Herons look all dark. In better light they are deep green on the back with a rich chestnut breast and neck. The wings are dark gray. Juveniles are browner, with pale streaking on the neck and spots on the wings.
  19. green heron

    green heron

    these beautiful little herons are amazingly well camouflaged
  20. Green Heron.jpg

    Green Heron.jpg

    Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens)
  21. DSC_0373.JPG

    DSC_0373.JPG

    Green Heron with dinner that it just caught
  22. Green Heron & Canadian Geese

    Green Heron & Canadian Geese

    Junior led the way for the geese and the rest followed through the heron's fishing area.
  23. Green Heron

    Green Heron

    This Green Heron put on a show for me while we waited for a dolphin tour. I have several photos of him that should turn out great!
  24. GREEN HERON PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA

    GREEN HERON PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA

    I posted one earlier of a Green Heron and Snowy Egret facing each other. Here is one of the Green Heron as he was hunting fish and frogs along the pond bank on Friday. The area has some trees and shrubs.
  25. GREEN HARON AND SNOWY EGRET--PORT ST LUCIE

    GREEN HARON AND SNOWY EGRET--PORT ST LUCIE

    These two beauties were sitting across from each other at a inlet to one of the ponds.
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