Little Blue Heron
During the feathered-hat fashion craze of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Little Blue Herons’ lack of showy “aigrette plumes” saved them from the hunting frenzy that decimated other heron and egret populations.
However, Little Blue Heron populations declined by 55% between 1966 and 2015, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan lists the Little Blue Heron as a species of High Concern.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
This Little Blue Heron was very slowly working the shallow margins of Upper Myakka Lake, Florida in search of small fish, frogs and invertebrates when it came across this Crayfish.
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Little Blue Heron
During the feathered-hat fashion craze of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Little Blue Herons’ lack of showy “aigrette plumes” saved them from the hunting frenzy that decimated other heron and egret populations.
However, Little Blue Heron populations declined by 55% between 1966 and 2015, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan lists the Little Blue Heron as a species of High Concern.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
This Little Blue Heron was very slowly working the shallow margins of Upper Myakka Lake, Florida in search of small fish, frogs and invertebrates when it came across this Crayfish.
As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving any comments or faves, they are very much appreciated.