Little Blue Bubbles

Paul Rebmann

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Paul Rebmann

Ormond Beach, FL

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Little Blue Bubbles

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Paul Rebmann

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Photograph - Photograph

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A little blue heron - Egretta caerulea - standing in shallow water of a clear lake, leaning down to look into the water after wading in a circle and leaving a trail of bubbles on the water while a light mist rises from the surface. LIttle Blue Bubbles was made on a cold winter morning in Central Park, Ormond Beach, Florida.

This image has been featured in the following groups:
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A year-round resident of Florida, with fewer in the northern part of the state during the winter months and overall less populous in the keys.
They are also resident in the northern coastal and central mountain areas of South America. Summer range includes the southeastern United States with little blues migrating farther north as far as Nebraska through Ohio and up the Atlantic coast into Maine. In winter they range through Central Ameria, along the west coast of South America, both coasts of Mexico and the entire Baja peninsula.
Adults have a slate-blue body color with a maroon-brown head and neck. Legs are grayish to green in all ages, becoming black during breeding season. The top of the head may appear from dark gray to cobalt blue. The tip of the bill is black. Immature birds are mostly white and as they mature through their first spring they are mottled white and dark gray.
The larger nesting colonies are usually in coastal areas, in flooded vegetation or on islands. Little blue herons seem to prefer to forage in freshwater lakes, marshes, swamps and streams.
Egretta caerulea is listed as a species of special concern in Florida mainly due to changes in the natural hydroperiods of many wetlands and pesticide and heavy metal poisoning.

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Gary F Richards

Punta Gorda, FL - United States

Outstanding Little Blue Bubbles composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted

Barbie Corbett-Newmin

Punta Gorda, FL - United States

Thanks for sharing this popular beauty! Congratulations! Your wonderful work has been featured on the home page of the Over 3000 Views group. Please make it available for future viewing by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive discussion thread and any other appropriate discussion threads-- ie sales of your group images etc.