Crawfish Meal Time

by Jennifer White

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Crawfish Meal Time

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Jennifer White

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A Great Blue Heron captures a crayfish, also known as crawdad, meal from Springfield Lake in Springfield, Missouri, United States during a late spring morning. The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. They are common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. An all-white population found only in the Caribbean and Florida was once treated as a separate species and known as the great white heron. They are the largest of the Heron family. Notable features of great blue herons include slaty (gray with a slight azure blue) flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black or slate plumes runs from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season. The bill is dull yellowish, becoming orange briefly at the start of the breeding season, and the lower legs are gray, also becoming orangey at the start of the breeding season. Immature birds are duller in color, with a dull blackish-gray crown, and the flank pattern is only weakly defined; they have no plumes, and the bill is dull gray-yellow. (some info from Wikipedia)

This has been featured in the following groups:
-9.3.18 Wild Birds of The World
-9.5.18 Wildlife One A Day

This photo was taken by Jennifer White with Timeless Moments Photography. All images are copyrighted © Timeless Moments Photography/Jennifer White. All rights reserved. Copying and/or distributing these images without permission is strictly prohibited.

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September 3rd, 2018

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