A pair of juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Herons had staked out one of the trunks along an old rice field dike to catch the early morning sun.
The dike is too narrow to sneak by; the one on the left flew off down the canal as I approached. This one followed soon after.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
July 4, 2021
These photos are fun, Ellen. The juveniles look so awkward and gangly.
Thanks, Mike. Sort of like a teenager 😜.
T
Wonderfully captured!
Thank you, Belinda!