This Great Blue Heron finished a lengthy preening session with a good fluff and shake of the feathers.

Tags:   Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron bird young juvenile immature wading water river plumage feathers fluffed ruffled summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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A juvenile Green Heron, with some remnant natal down still atop her/his head, pauses while hunting fish and frogs

Tags:   Butorides virescens Green Heron bird juvenile immature young standing log water pond profile backlit summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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Black-capped Chickadee in evening light

Tags:   Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee bird perched tree branch snag bark calling beak open autumn fall southwestern Ontario Canada

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Northern Cardinal female

Tags:   Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Cardinal female bird perched weed stem stalk autumn fall southwestern Ontario Canada

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Red-breasted Nuthatch female

Tags:   Sitta canadensis Red-breasted Nuthatch female bird perched clinging tree trunk bark autumn fall southwestern Ontario Canada

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