Shaggy Bearded Great Blue Heron
by Carla Parris
Title
Shaggy Bearded Great Blue Heron
Artist
Carla Parris
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
This Great Blue Heron was photographed in the marshy waters of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, a wonderful national park in northwest Florida. This portrait of this stately bird's distinctive profile highlights this mature bird’s striking long, plume-like neck feathers.
This particular bird can be identified as an adult heron because of his shaggy neck and his white crown and face.
The Great Blue Heron is a member of the Ardeidae family, all of whose members have specialised feathers called powder down. These feathers, which are prominent in this mature bird, never moult. Instead, they fray from the end, while growing continuously from the base. The fine powder generated as the feathers fray is used by a heron to absorb and remove slime and oil from its feathers.
Great Blue Herons are the largest of coastal wading birds. These impressive birds often stand still, like statues, while wading in shallow waters, looking for prey.
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May 9th, 2018
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Comments (16)
Anita Faye
Carla, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
William Tasker
Crisply captured and a lovely setting, Carla! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
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