Female Great Blue Heron In Mating Plumage Hand Embellished Giclee Snowy Egret Protecting Its Nest You know it is illegal

You know it is illegal to feed these guys…it is to protect them from being fed something that can unknowingly harm them

Inspired by local favorites like the Witches Halloween Dance

Over the next couple of months I would see the parents in my backyard

Saw this trio on Treasure Island during nesting season

They are capable of flying but clumsy at it

Female Great Blue Heron In Mating Plumage Hand Embellished Giclee Snowy Egret Protecting Its Nest You know it is illegalPainting of a majestic Great Blue Heron. Great Blue Herons are the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers, lakeshores, and coastal waters. Spotted this one across the cove standing on a neighbors tree that over hangs the water. It looked like a young one coming into its first mating season. I had not seen her on my cove before. We have a beautiful male that inhabits our cove and he usually chases other Great