Crops & Clips: Displaying Night-Heron

Fog lingers on the lake just after sunrise: 



A Great Egret forages at the water's edge:



Recent rains have re-charged the lakeside marshes. A Tricolored Heron casts a nice reflection in the still water:



At lakeside, a Great Blue Heron preens:





The rookery in our local Wounded Wetlands has hosted up to eight pairs of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons and three Green Heron couples. Last summer, Hurricane Irma toppled most of the nest trees into the canal. I believe that this is why I found only one pair of Yellow-crowned Herons nesting, although two pairs of Green Herons have been reliably present:



This Green Heron started fluffing its feathers just as I took the photo. I liked the blur created by the action:



I saw one Green Heron gathering sticks for a nest, but so far have not located it:



Last week I captured a nice sequence of photos as a male Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in full breeding plumage displayed towards a rival male:














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