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
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
April 7, 2022
Almost three months later and in the same place as the photos for my post Little Blue Heron on the Hunt I spotted another, or the same, LBH.
Purple Iris dotted the scene.
The bird had the same patience…
…slowly walking…
… and the result was the same, nothing to be had here.
March 29, 2022
With abundant patience a Little Blue Heron stalked his lunch in a small pond.
I’ve often wondered if birds see themselves looking back when they work still water.
Slowly, slowly he moved.
Just a touch of the water…
False alarm, nothing to be had here.
January 6, 2022
Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FL
January 31, 2022
A Little Blue Heron was fishing in the last trickle of water left in the lagoon at Magnolia Cemetery Pond: Water Out
The orange/red reflections from the end of the autumn leaves made an interesting scene from what was basically mud.
The Heron didn’t have much luck, but was very persistant.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
December 3, 2021
And he was on his way…
Gracefully dropping off his perch…
I thought he was going out of my sight to the right.
But I kept shooting… he surprised me by veering left, over the duckweed covered pond for one more good image.
Magnolia’s Audubon Swamp, Charleston, SC
October 18, 2021
Ready
Set
Go!
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
November 17, 2021
I was watching a Little Blue Heron wander along the side of a pond when another movement caught my eye.
An Alligator climbed up out of the pond and plopped down in the middle of the path.
The heron just didn’t know what to make of it.
Back and forth he paced while the Alligator basked in the late afternoon sun.
Finally, he’s leaving!
Where’d he go?
The Little Blue Heron wasted no time following the Alligator down the bank into the marsh.
Or more importantly, follow lunch. The wading birds in the rear often reap the benefits of a meal stirred up by those in the lead.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area
August 29, 2021
