Photo of the Week: Little Blue Heron

A small white heron with green lores, green legs, and black-tipped bicolored bill stands upright after slowly making its way along the marsh shoreline. Green vegetation in the background, clear water in the foreground shows the reflection of the white bird.

A smaller heron, the immature Little Blue Heron I saw this weekend at a southwestern Lake Erie marsh was slowly foraging the wetlands in the furthest corner from where I parked.

I’ve put off hiking the trail around the marsh this summer, there’s no shade or wooded area around the wetland.

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