An Adolescent Out for a Stroll

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Little Blue Heron juveniles are white for their first year. Then adolescence happens:

This is the closest a Little Blue Heron has allowed me to approach before flying off. I know they are fairly large birds, about two feet long from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, but their size is even more impressive when they are up close and personal.

These photos were taken on a walk along the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River downstream from VFW Blvd on both the west and east bank trails on Monday, May 16, 2016.

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