Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, scratching an itch at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, in the northern Finger Lakes Region of New York on August 12... (c) Dave Spier (cropped from a vertical 12 MP file; this is a reduced-resolution preview)
As soon as one parent returns to take over watching the chicks, the other is off to hunt along the bank. I guess you can't leave them alone for even a couple minutes, without them making a mess of the house.Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Rainbow River Marion County FloridaOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIM.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 RTiffen Circular Polarizer