Focused On A Pile Landing

by DB Hayes

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Focused On A Pile Landing

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DB Hayes

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Photograph - Photography

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Deb had the pleasure of capturing this beautiful Tricolored Heron as it was about to land from its flight on a pile while we visited the Saint Augustine, Florida Alligator Farm located on A1A along the coast.

Anyone who has not had the pleasure of visiting this amazing place should do so if ever he or she is ever near the Saint Augustine, Florida area. Believe us when we state it has far more than just alligators for all to see and marvel over. We would like to point out something just in case anyone may think this is a "captive type" area for the birds. It is NOT. The birds are free to fly in and out as each bird pleases. In fact they come and go all day long. They have to find food to feed their new-born chicks and nothing is offered to them by the employees. It is totally up to them to keep to their natural instincts for their living and surviving ways of life. Now for a few interesting facts about this species.

The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known in North America as the Louisiana heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the United States and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru. There is some post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range.

Tricolored heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. In each clutch, 3–7 eggs are typically laid.

This species measures from 56 to 76 cm (22 to 30 in) long and has a wingspan of 96 cm (38 in). The slightly larger male heron weighs 415 g (14.6 oz) on average, while the female averages 334 g (11.8 oz). It is a medium-large, long-legged, long-necked heron with a long pointed yellowish or greyish bill with a black tip. The legs and feet are dark.

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.

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Bill and Deb Hayes

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April 11th, 2017

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