I love the delicate and deliberate way that Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) place their large feet when walking in shallow water, like this heron that I spotted on Monday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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They are hypnotic
Nice Mike! They are fun to photograph and they fill the frame more than the smaller birds!!
Great shot.
Nice capture of of the foot-up pose, Mike! I like how this heron is shaggy looking with the breeding plumage, too.