Snowball? Nope

Yesterday afternoon I saw what I thought was a fairly common snowy egret flying high across the marsh, and just for the heck of it I snapped off one quick shot. When I looked at the photo later I realized it was a juvenile little blue heron and not a snowy at all.

Little blues start off life as all white youngsters then gradually morph into “tweeners” with a patchwork of blue and white before eventually becoming the all blue (with a touch of maroon) adults that we more commonly see.

I don’t know where the little blues nest, but we see many more adults then we do these bright white juveniles.

10 thoughts on “Snowball? Nope”

Deb W. Trotter on August 9, 2015 at 7:24 pm said:

I learn so much from you, Phil. Thanks!

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- Phil Lanoue on August 9, 2015 at 10:51 pm said:
  
  Thanks a million Deb, I truly appreciate your very kind words.
  
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dinajohnston on August 9, 2015 at 8:58 pm said:

Beautiful shot of the baby. I love the way you can see his wing bones through the feathers.

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- Phil Lanoue on August 9, 2015 at 10:54 pm said:
  
  It’s so funny because right around the time I took this shot I was talking to a photographer friend of mine about how we haven’t realky been seeing any LBH juvies this summer. Glad you liked this one.
  
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foxleylady on August 10, 2015 at 7:53 am said:

Beautiful, from baby to adult, such favourites, Phil!

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- Phil Lanoue on August 13, 2015 at 7:51 pm said:
  
  Thanks a million Maggie, glad you liked seeing the juvie LBH!
  
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Raewyn's Photos on August 10, 2015 at 2:27 pm said:

Beautiful shot.

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- Phil Lanoue on August 13, 2015 at 7:52 pm said:
  
  Thanks a bunch!
  
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Gunta on August 10, 2015 at 8:55 pm said:

You do get to see it all, don’t you? And then you show us. Priceless.

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- Phil Lanoue on August 13, 2015 at 7:53 pm said:
  
  One odd thing about this summer though… we have been getting skunked by the spoonbills. Other than that single one back last month, nothing. Bad birds! 😦
  Thanks for checking this out!
  
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