Little Blue With Lizard

Norman Johnson

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Norman Johnson

Riverview, FL

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Little Blue With Lizard

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Norman Johnson

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This little blue heron caught a large lizard in Tampa, Florida's Lettuce lake Park.

Little blue herons (egretta caerulea) are birds of quiet waters from estuaries, marshes, and tidal flats, to streams, swamps and flooded fields of the southeastern United States, coastal Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America into interior Brazil. Most birds are resident.

This small, dark, slightly built, slatey blue heron measures from 22" to 29.1" in length with a wingspan between 39.4" and 41.3." It has fairly long dark blue legs and feet, a straight pale blue spear like bill with a black tip, and rounded wings. The slender neck and head are a purplish blue.

The juvenile little blue heron is white with dullish green legs. At the end on one year as they go through their molting process, they go through a phase where they are patchy white and light blue that makes them look pied.

They usually forage in water 2" to 6" deep feeding on small fish, amphibians, crustaceans and insects. They only wade up to belly deep in the water. They typically stand and wait for prey or creep along slowly.

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Robyn King

Bensalem, PA - United States

Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See Group:-)

Norman Johnson replied:

I'm really glad you like it Robyn. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "The World We See."

Norman Johnson

Riverview, FL - United States

I'm Really glad you like it Scott. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."

Don Columbus

Naples, FL - United States

Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet

Norman Johnson replied:

I'm Really glad you like it Don Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Birds In Focus."

Dawn Currie

Melbourne, FL - United States

Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.

Norman Johnson replied:

I'm Really glad you like it Dawn. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Pure Nature Photography."

Norman Johnson

Riverview, FL - United States

I'm really glad you like it Doug. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Animal Photographs."