Category Archives: Wading Birds

Little Blue Heron Checking The Sky

This Little Blue Heron has just a few remnants of his juvenile white feathers. By next year’s breeding season he’ll be a full adult and completely blue.

Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron

He seemed to have something to say, and I was expecting him to fly.

Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron

What?

Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron

I have no idea what caught his eye, but he did not fly.

Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron

He did, however, give the sky a good look.

Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023

Green Heron On Branch

This Green Hero seemed un-phased that he was being watched. Usually they are quick to fly when humans approach, but this one not only stayed for this photo session, when I looked from the other side of the pond twenty minutes later he was still there.

Green Heron
Green Heron

Looking at the duck weed stuck to his legs I expect he recently had been feeding along the pond edge.

Green Heron
Green Heron

Then it was all about tidying up, preening each feather.

Green Heron
Green Heron

A cloud went over the sun just as the heron turned towards me, completely changing the light.

Green Heron
Green Heron

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023

Great Blue Heron

The early morning sun made an interesting pattern across the sides of this walkway as a Great Blue Heron flew up.

Great Blue Heron Flying By Walkway
Great Blue Heron Flying By Walkway

This pond is part of the new Dorchester County Ashley River Park and I suspect this GBH has taken the pond on as his own. He was very comfortable with human passerby and I saw him fly back and forth several times.

Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron

Ashley River Park, Summerville, SC
August 1, 2023