Great Blue Heron

Description:

The largest North American Heron. Notable features include slaty flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head.

Notes:

Co-starring some Canadian Geese at Canal Wildlife Management Area, Chesapeake City, Md.