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Showing posts with label juvenile little blue heron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label juvenile little blue heron. Show all posts

Sunday, June 1, 2014

little blue heron has a bad day

This juvie little blue heron I have seen around our ponds for the past week or so. Poor little guy just wants to hang out and these black-necked stilts won't have him anywhere near their chicks. Not sure if the juvie little blue means any harm but they don't care one way or another. The little guy is still molting his plumage and will be solid blue/gray with a brownish redish neck. Bluish bill. He won't have any white when done molting.

Fresh water pond - Derexa - Windermere, Florida
The female black-necked stilt is the one with more brown back and wings







On alert between the attacks here is what the cutie looks like -




Here is what he will look like when he is a mature adult



Friday, May 23, 2014

juvenile little blue heron


Juvenile little blue heron resting on one leg. He is at the Tattant Road, Derexa Drive Club House pond standing on the center pond fountain that is not on right now. This was in the late morning today.

Verified at whatbird.com. birdbrain22 says this-
 This is a juvenile Little Blue Heron... molting into adult plumage.


Then I saw him again or another one on Derexa Pond during the evening.