A few Little Blue Herons were gathering sticks for nest material on the less human-traveled side of the pond that houses the Cypress Wetlands rookery.
It wasn’t the best light from this angle, but interesting to watch them cycle back and forth to their nests.
This one bush attracted the herons as a landing zone.
Then they dropped into the undergrowth, out of my sight, to pick through loose twigs.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
April 5, 2024
Born all white, this juvenile Little Blue Heron is starting to turn to blue.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 6, 2024
The bridge across the pond at Magnolia Cemetery has been repaired and reopened, allowing me a nice view of this Little Blue Heron and his Spanish Moss backdrop.
From an angle behind that gnarly old tree:
The breeze kept lifting his long feathers, but didn’t carry that little fluff left from preening off his beak.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
January 31, 2024
January 1 started with some fog as we entered the Black Point Wildlife Drive.
The sun was in and out
These two herons were temporarily content to hunker down.
Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Florida
January 1, 2024
A Little Blue Heron tucked into the mangroves.
Taking care of an itch.
Looking around, then
an eye on the sky!
Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Florida
December 29, 2023
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.
He seemed to have something to say, and I was expecting him to fly.
What?
I have no idea what caught his eye, but he did not fly.
He did, however, give the sky a good look.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023
A single Little Blue Heron has been hanging out in this swampy area for a few weeks.
On this grey afternoon he was out in the open, slowly wading along looking for snacks.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 13, 2023
A Little Blue Heron stood one-legged on a stump, at the end of an early December day.
The road we drove on was only a few feet from the bird and I expected him to fly any moment, but he seemed content.
The pond behind him was glowing from the low sun.
Botany Bay Wildlife Area, Edisto, SC
December 3, 2022
Patience
Pays Off
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
October 24, 2022
I’ve seen a Little Blue Heron around this spot several times, a popular wading pond was just below him.
I was able to get around the pond for a full body view.
Showing off his mis-formed or mangled left foot:
Little Blue Heron
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
July 21, 2022
Little Blue Heron on the Hunt in that pond in January
