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  1. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos county bryan egretta caerulea little blue heron midtown lake texas usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  2. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • anahuac national wildlife refuge chambers county egretta caerulea little blue heron shoverl pond texas usa winnie
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  3. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    A relatively recent arrival in the San Diego area, they nest in a Snowy Egret colony at nearby Sea World. We counted at least four of these small, dapper herons here. This is an adult. Immatures are white or dappled and take up to two years to mature. They are unique being the only heron where...
    • jmorlan
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    • california egretta caerulea little blue heron usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  4. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) The pink patches in front of the heron are apple snail egg clutches.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • egretta caerulea garret road harris county houston little blue heron pineland road sheldon lake texas usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  5. Little Blue Heron, Juvenile

    Little Blue Heron, Juvenile

    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) juvenile.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos county bryan egretta caerulea little blue heron midtown lake texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
  6. Little Blue Heron (juv)

    Little Blue Heron (juv)

    Juveniles start all white and gradually turn blue over the first two years.
    • peterday
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    • egretta caerulea little blue heron speyside tobago
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: The Caribbean
  7. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    One of the assistants at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center was very excited to see this one, so I snapped a few photos!
    • RCHines
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    • egretta caerulea little blue heron port aransas
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  8. Little Blue Heron (imm)

    Little Blue Heron (imm)

    Has nearly lost its original white plumage.
    • peterday
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    • costa rica egretta caerulea little blue heron river tarcoles
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Eclipsing little blue heron reflecting on the changes

    Eclipsing little blue heron reflecting on the changes

    Ah, puberty... it can even be scary for birds! This immature (eclipsing) heron greets me on the beach of the Lagoon often. It is immediately unintimidated when I sit down in my kayak.
    • IDidiot
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    • eclipse florida little blue heron marsh & wetlands reflection surprise
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  10. Juvenile Little Blue with feather definition

    Juvenile Little Blue with feather definition

    So often very white or very black birds look like blobs of color. I liked this one because I got some contrast.
    • IDidiot
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    • florida gulf coast juvenile little blue heron preening
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  11. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    This denizen of southern swamps ranges well into South America at least as far as Uruguay. This is an adult. Immatures are white or dappled and take up to two years to mature. Its closest relatives are uncertain. It is unique in that it is the only heron in which the immature plumages are...
    • jmorlan
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    • egretta caerulea little blue heron texas usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  12. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • egretta caerulea galveston county league city little blue heron texas usa walter hall park
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  13. Little Blue Heron takes a Bow

    Little Blue Heron takes a Bow

    I loved that it showed me its flight feathers.
    • IDidiot
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    • eclipse florida gulf coast little blue heron mangroves shorebird.
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  14. little blue eclipse

    little blue eclipse

    I've watch this guy for 9 months now. It is not at all intimidated by me until I get out of my kayak! It's got to be uncomfortable to change colors. It just preened and preened. I got so many in focus shots - It's hard to pick two.
    • IDidiot
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    • eclipse florida gulf little blue heron mangroves marshes shorebird
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  15. Little Blue Heron Wing

    Little Blue Heron Wing

    This Little Blue was wading after sliding down some vines, exposing its right wing.
    • Oooopossum
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    • heron little blue heron
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  16. A startling moment

    A startling moment

    Came across this while going through my photos, not the clearest pic in the world but while getting photos of these herons I managed to capture the moment an anhinga popped out of the water and scared them all! Even the wood stork off to the side was frightened. Probably one of the funniest...
    • SandhillCrane02
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    • anhinga little blue heron tricolored heron wood stork
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  17. little blue heron

    little blue heron

    • raulqc
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    • florida little blue heron
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  18. Little Blue Heron (subadult)

    Little Blue Heron (subadult)

    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) subadult.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brazos county bryan little blue heron texas tritex grass farm usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  19. Little Blue Heron (Immature)

    Little Blue Heron (Immature)

    A fun story behind this one, I saw this bird on my college campus and being the photographer I am I immediately got down on my stomach and was taking many pictures of it because I'd never seen an immature Little Blue Heron before, let alone gotten an opportunity like this. Normally, when I'm on...
    • SandhillCrane02
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    • little blue heron little blue heron (egretta caerulea) little blue heron (immature) little blue heron (juvenile)
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  20. Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    • SandhillCrane02
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    • little blue heron little blue heron (egretta caerulea)
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  21. Little Blue, Mid-Molt

    Little Blue, Mid-Molt

    A young Little Blue Heron shows off his mottled mid-molt coloration from atop a hedge
    • RonB2
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    • ardeidae egretta caerulea florida heron little blue heron nikkor af-s 500mm f/5.6e pf ed vr nikon z7 ii pelecaniforme tarpon springs tc-14e iii united states
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  22. Little Blue Heron in Colorado

    Little Blue Heron in Colorado

    There has been quite a buzz about this guy showing up in Colorado!
    • DJ ODonnell
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    • egretta caerulea little blue heron loveland colorado nikon 500mm f/5.6 pf lens nikon d500
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  23. Little blue heron

    Little blue heron

    Little blue heron on the banks of the Rio Negro
    • wildwoodlander
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    • ecuador egretta caerulea heron little blue heron
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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    This is a photo taken today across from my home a large retention with many different birds coming in now that their is water from the rain.
    • Angelo G
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    • 1dt egretta caerulea little blue heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  25. After a nice walk down to the coastal walkway I came across this......

    After a nice walk down to the coastal walkway I came across this......

    Little Blue Heron
    • KC Foggin
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    • egretta caerulea little blue heron myrtle beach sc usa water way close by
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
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