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Ardea herodias
large wading bird
spotted on small lake dock
This bird was standing at the end of the dock panting and seemed unconcerned with my presence.
Spotted on Nov 7, 2011
Submitted on Nov 7, 2011
6 Comments
His tongue is interesting with those back-facing barbs.
Lovely spotting Auntnance.
It was pretty awsome. This fellow didn't even flinch when I came onto the dock andI was able to walk past him coming within three feet. A very 'user friendly' bird.
have never been that close - awesome!
I really couldn't say why the bird was panting--it was a rather warm day. This heron is apparetly used to the people that frequent the lake; he stayed for about twenty twenty minutes.
Wonderful close ups! I am curious though...Do you know what the cause of panting was? Did he stay on the dock long?