Adult tri-colored Heron in Mating Plumage (Egretta tricolor)
Naples Botanical Garden
Southern Florida
USA
The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron that is native to coastal parts of the Americas.
Tricolored heron's breed in swamps and other coastal habitats.
Adults have a blue-grey head, neck, back and upperwings, with a white line along the neck. The belly is white. In breeding plumage, they have long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck, and buff ones on the back.
The tricolored heron stalks its prey in shallow or deeper water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, crustaceans, reptiles, and insects. Wikipedia
Adult tri-colored Heron in Mating Plumage (Egretta tricolor)
Naples Botanical Garden
Southern Florida
USA
The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron that is native to coastal parts of the Americas.
Tricolored heron's breed in swamps and other coastal habitats.
Adults have a blue-grey head, neck, back and upperwings, with a white line along the neck. The belly is white. In breeding plumage, they have long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck, and buff ones on the back.
The tricolored heron stalks its prey in shallow or deeper water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, crustaceans, reptiles, and insects. Wikipedia