Little Blue Herons

Egretta caerulea

Little Blue Herons are medium sized herons with slate gray-blue body plumage, purple-blue heads and necks, yellowish eyes, slightly decurved gray and black bills and long, dark legs and feet.

Age Related Color Morphs of Little Blue Herons

By |2024-03-14T04:01:20-06:00March 22nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Little Blue Herons start off their lives with white plumage, then look piebald with blue and white fathers and finally look more "blue" as adults.

Little Blue Heron portrait

By |2016-12-07T12:09:00-07:00September 12th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This is another image I came across last week and wondered why I hadn't processed it because I don't have many Little Blue Heron portraits in my portfolio.

Shades of Blue – Wildflowers, Birds, Sky and Sea

By |2021-10-14T14:26:06-06:00April 17th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lazuli Buntings, Little Blue Herons, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, San Rafael Swell area, St. Thomas, USVI, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I was Thinking Pink so this week I thought I would focus on the shades of blues found in wildflowers, birds, the sky and seas.

Monday Blues – Little Blue Heron that is

By |2016-12-07T12:12:15-07:00January 28th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , |

I don't know how much snow fell over night here in the Salt Lake Valley because it is still dark outside and while I am truly not "blue" about it I thought some images from warmer times of a blue bird might be in order for a Monday.

Birds, Beasts and Bits About Me – My 500th Blog Post

By |2020-01-25T06:23:25-07:00October 4th, 2012|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Coyotes, Dunlins, Florida, Laughing Gulls, Little Blue Herons, Loggerhead Shrikes, Pronghorn, Reddish Egrets, Roseate Spoonbills, Sanderlings, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Wow, this is my 500th blog post and it has been great fun to share my images and the stories behind them. I thought I'd share a few images and bits about my thoughts on photography.

Little Blue Heron Hunting In A Lagoon

By |2024-03-02T10:45:51-07:00November 5th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Little Blue Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Little Blue Herons were a wading bird that I saw often in Florida. The day I photographed this Little Blue Heron I was sitting quietly in the shallow water of a lagoon when this bird flew in and began to hunt.

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