Flight of the “Tweener”

Here’s a shot from Wed. morning.

The Little Blue Heron is all white as a juvenile. As it gets older it morphs into an in between stage on it’s way to becoming a mostly all blue adult. These I call “tweeners”. No longer all white, and not quite yet a solid color. They are a patchwork of blue and white at this phase.

8 thoughts on “Flight of the “Tweener””

TJ on June 29, 2012 at 10:07 am said:

nice shot Phil, don’t think I have ever seen one before

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- Phil Lanoue on June 29, 2012 at 10:12 am said:
  
  Hey thanks a million for your kind comment TJ and glad you like the pic of the ‘tweener’!
  
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Jennifer on June 29, 2012 at 11:22 am said:

I love your tweener! So pretty at this stage!

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- Phil Lanoue on June 30, 2012 at 12:20 pm said:
  
  Thanks Jen! There are quite attractive and one of my favorite birds to see in this phase.
  
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Maleea B on June 29, 2012 at 2:48 pm said:

I had no idea they did this! Beautiful photo….hey, ran into a gorgeous three toed box turtle walking down the pathway during my alligator tour yesterday. He was huge….must have been an old one. also got to witness a green heron fight…..guess it was over a woman. lol

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- Phil Lanoue on June 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm said:
  
  Thanks for checking out the photo Maleea! Sounds you had fun on the gator walk!
  
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Kitt Crescendo on January 1, 2013 at 8:37 am said:

Aww! You shot a tie dye heron! Purty… And I didn’t realizing the color change happened so slowly. You’re like my own personal Discovery channel in pictures!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 1, 2013 at 9:22 pm said:
  
  I’m so happy you are enjoying all the wacky photos!
  
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