striated heron

Striated heron aka Green-backed heron aka Mangrove heron is a bit difficult to photograph as it seems to be quite shy. So every time you want to get closer, it flies away or is hiding deeper under the mangrove trees. I was so lucky to spot this one on open reef/by the beach and made several...

Ave de 34-43 cm , comun

Shades of Green

Striated Heron

On the far bank of that lagoon was a Striated Heron, the smallest of the herons I think (well the smallest one that I've seen!)

A Striated Heron perched on lotus flowers in the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens in Mauritius

There was still a Striated Heron hanging about at Oxenford, and he was very close to where I'd seen one all those days before. Guess it'll be the same guy then eh? LOL

This is what I'd crossed the weir to try and get closer to when the flock of Manikins settled in that tree. I didn't realise I'd get quite so close to him though LOL.

I'd seen one of these before, but hadn't managed a picture. It's a Striated Heron and they're really very small, especially after you've been used to looking at Grey Herons LOL.

Cairns

This is a juvenile Striated Heron of the form found in Eastern Australia subsp.macrorhyncha, grey form

This, of course, is not Crested Heron. This is Striated Heron. He just had one of those bad hair days :)

This funny looking bird (it appears not having a neck) was cruising the beach at a very big speed. Every time I made an effort to take a shot I had to run ahead of it and all the time I was only quick enough for getting the tail view. Not sure what it was doing there, but I haven't seen it...

After four really enjoyable days it was time to move on from Barranco Alto, which is in the southern Pantanal, to Porto Jofre, which is the jaguar-watching capital of the world. One of the nice features there is a little lake with these giant water lily leaves, which quite a few birds find very...

Almost blends into the background on a cloudy day