Just a few feet away from the Mottled Ducks of my last post a Tricolored Heron was standing around.

He poked the water a few times and made some ripples but he didn’t seem to be actively fishing.

He settled in and I moved on.

A wider view of the pond and the wildlife:

Baily Tract, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
January 6, 2020
Beautiful captures and reflections of a beautiful heron!
Thanks, Donna! I was quite surprised to see him just standing there as the Tricoloreds tend to be more skittish than some of the other herons.