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Little Blue Heron morphing

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Posted by Daniel Loomis on July 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM

This is the first Little Blue I have seen in the process of morphing from its white juvenile color to the adult blue and burgundy. Photo taken at Village Creek Drying Beds in NW Fort Worth, TX.

40D
700mm
f/7.1
1/500s
ISO 200

Posted by Larry Daniel on July 22, 2009 at 8:59 PM

Thanks Dan, kind of pretty.

Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 26, 2009 at 9:05 AM

I don't recall having ever seen a picture of a heron in this stage of development. Nice catch Daniel.