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Little Blue Heron, juvenile 2/3

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Julie L. Brown, Photobirder (Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) on 17 January 2015 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

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Cape May, New Jersey
Cape May Point
10-7-13

A juvenile Little Blue Heron is completely white in contrast to the very pretty blue-gray adult . An important field mark to identify juveniles is the green legs. Seen in the freshwater pond at The Nature Conservancy's South Cape May Meadows Preserve . Click here to see a 1st spring individual I photographed in Florida in 2009, which was the first time that I had seen this species.

Last year (October 6-12) I traveled to southern New Jersey for "Cape May Magic" an American Birding Association workshop conducted by Mark Garland and Pat & Clay Sutton . It was a wonderful week of birding and learning about birds, although it was rainy and very windy. The storm, a nor'easter (a cyclonic storm that moves along the east coast of North America. It’s called “nor’easter” because the winds over coastal areas blow from a northeasterly direction) , lasted most of the week. As a result, the conditions were generally very challenging for bird photography. Despite the weather, I enjoyed it so much that I spent another five days there in mid-October 2014. Due to its location at the end of a peninsula bordered by Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Cape May , New Jersey is a migrant trap and one of the top birding destinations in North America.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II 1/1600 second F/6.3 ISO 400 600 mm

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Focales from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

What beautiful capture Julie. Perfect for me

17 Jan 2015 5:55am

Tataze from Bourgogne, France

séquence "marche dans les marais"

17 Jan 2015 8:39am

Aigleloup from Rebecq, Belgium

C'est vraiment étonnant de voir les juvéniles tout blanc alors que les adultes sont pourpres

17 Jan 2015 9:34am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

Those legs look all wrong to us and to see them 'sitting down' is even more odd. But the secret is in the landing from flight . . when I descend by parachute, I fall on my butt . . herons don't.

17 Jan 2015 11:03am

michel creze from le havre, France

Excellent plumage de ce juvénile ( pas facile le blanc !! ) et belle composition sur ce fond marécageux !

Excellent plumage of the juvenile (not easy white !!) and beautiful composition on the marsh bottom!

17 Jan 2015 4:39pm

Sonja from Wörgl, Austria

An excellent image of this elegant egret !

17 Jan 2015 4:46pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

Magnificent!

17 Jan 2015 5:45pm

Kent from Herrljunga, Sweden

Lovely pic

17 Jan 2015 8:13pm

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

beautiful and majestic bird! perfect pose!

18 Jan 2015 1:12am

L'Angevine from Angers, France

superbe

18 Jan 2015 8:32am

Devi from Chennai, India

what a wonderful capture here !! Perfect pose !!!!

18 Jan 2015 10:17am

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
1/1600 second
F/6.3
ISO 400
600 mm

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