Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Common in the southeastern US.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Tigertail Beach County Park on Marco Island in Collier Co., FL
2 Jan 2006

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Tigertail Beach County Park on Marco Island in Collier Co., FL
2 Jan 2004

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Outer Banks, Dare Co., NC
24 May 2006

Immature Little Blue Herons are white. They become mottled as they start to molt into adult plumage.


Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
10 Feb 2014
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
10 Feb 2014

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Eagle Lakes County Park, Collier Co., FL
17 Feb 2014
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Eagle Lakes County Park, Collier Co., FL
17 Feb 2014

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Eagle Lakes County Park, Collier Co., FL
17 Feb 2014

Dancing on a utility wire with a Belted Kingfisher

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Eagle Lakes County Park, Collier Co., FL
17 Feb 2014
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Eagle Lakes County Park, Collier Co., FL
17 Feb 2014

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
4 Mar 2017
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
4 Mar 2017

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Collier Co., FL
25 Jan 2023
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Collier Co., FL
25 Jan 2023


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