Great Blue Heron
A great blue heron in winter plumage perches over a pond in Washington's Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. I photographed this same heron several times this day, and with the changing light, this image came out beautifully backlit when the sun started coming through the clouds.
- Copyright
- © 2013
- Image Size
- 4288x2848 / 5.6MB
- Keywords
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Animalia, Ardea herodias, Ardeidae, Chordata, NWR, National Wildlife Refuge, Nisqually, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Pelecaniformes, Thurston County, Washington, animal, ardea, ave, aves, avian, beak, beautiful, beauty, bill, birdwatching, fowl, natural, nature, ornithology, waterbird, waterfowl, wild, wildlife, wing, winter
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