On a hot August Saturday morning, I didn’t expect to get more than a couple of bird photos. We were so surprised to see so many birds along Wildlife Drive. So many, in fact, it has taken a couple of days to get through all of them. I cut it down to around 45 photos. Yikes!
The Great Blue Heron has always been one of my favorites.
Snooze time . . .
We’ve seen several Little Blue Herons this year, not only in their white phase, but also in the changing-to-blue phase. I don’t know if I am getting better at recognizing them or if it’s just a good year for them. The one below is in its white phase.
The Yellow-Crowned Night Heron below was making a lot of noise to get my attention, then posed for me.
The Little Blue Heron below has lost most of its white.
When you are a beautiful Tri-Colored Heron, but surrounded by even more beauty . . .
Most of the Roseate Spoonbills were tucked in and didn’t appear to plan on flying anytime soon. Then, one started pacing around and soon took off.
I’d never seen a Green Heron out in the open on the sand bar, instead of in the trees. The photos are a bit grainy, but I didn’t want to stop to change my camera settings and possibly miss getting photos of it.
We came around a bend in the drive and were again treated to a gathering of white birds. And, again, I took far too many photos! But, how can a person not do so, when getting to see a feeding frenzy?
When you want to be really big and bad, but everyone is laughing at your bad hair day, so you stomp off.