Dessert - Green Heron
by Nikolyn McDonald
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Dessert - Green Heron
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Nikolyn McDonald
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This green heron had just caught and swallowed a fish for dinner and was eying a bullfrog for dessert. The frog, as green as the thick algae that surrounded it, had thought it was well camouflaged; but not much escapes the sharp eye of this little predator.
The bird, Butorides virescens, is a relatively small heron, and the pose you see here - with the head and neck pulled in against the body - is not unusual. Green herons are pretty common and have a wide range in North America. But they prefer to remain at the edges of bodies of fresh water, often hidden in the vegetation, and with their greenish black, grey-green, and brown coloring, they aren’t easy to spot.
I was lucky to see this one at Heron Haven, an unexpected wetlands refuge in Omaha, Nebraska, late in the afternoon on a summer day.
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July 30th, 2021
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