Great Blue Heron, juvenile

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...at least it was for the Great Blue Heron; not so much for the fish.

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Ebony Jewelwing female perched on a galvanized metal hand rail

Tags:   Calopteryx maculata Ebony Jewelwing female damselfly insect perched railing hand rail metal summer southern Ontario Canada

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This recent fledgeling gave her/himself a shake after having spent a long time intently focussed on the river directly below.

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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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