The Tri Colored Heron
The Tri Colored Heron, this is a new bird for me to photograph. I posted one photo of it awhile ago, but I did not know what it was until a fellow blogger saw the photo and said it is named a Tri Colored Heron. Well, I was hoping to see this bird again and I did. I thought at first it was just a young heron because it is smaller but it is so much more colorful than the Blue Heron I normally see.
The fellow blogger is; Wildlife Intrigued, you can visit his blog by clicking his channel name. He has wonderful photos of birds as well and he is doing a count on how many he can see in a year. If you are interested there is a movie about this very subject; The Big Year, it is a true story about people who love to photograph birds and doing a big year, meaning seeing how many birds they can see in one year. A movie trailer below.
The big year record of 840 species was set by John Weigel of Australia in 2019
The world big year record of 6,852 species was set in 2016 by Arjan Dwarshuis of the Netherlands.
I started counting the birds I have seen and photographed this week, I made a spread sheet and started looking them up. So far I have come up with 83 species of birds and still counting that I have photographed.
The Tri Colored Heron
34 Replies to “The Tri Colored Heron”
That’s a pretty one and a new one for me
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Laugh at yourself, You’re great entertainment
Yes me to, I had not even heard of them, I love seeing new birds.
Me too
Beautiful!
Well I’ve learned something new today. Thank you again for such wonderful pictures!
You are very welcome 🙂 thank you
Tricolored Herons take on a much more colorful look spring / summer too. They might be the prettiest of the Herons. Nice shoots. Now you need to find a Reddish Egret to round out your midsized heron family 👍👍👍
Nice shots !!! My IPad did it again. 😂
Funny you should say that Ted, 🙂 we were walking back from the long, long beach where we went looking for Black Skimmers, and we saw none on this day. But just as we were almost back stood what looked like a heron with I thought was a muddy head and neck. It did not fly away as we got closer so I took lots of pictures, not knowing what it was. Until I looked it up at home and it is a Reddish Egret, so pretty. I had never heard of it. So much fun seeing all these new birds down here. 🙂
Reddish Egrets are even more interesting than Spoonbills, and harder to find. They have a small habitat. The dance on the water when fishing, a thing to behold !!!! Endangered, but hanging on.
Glad you had the opportunity to see one, not many do.
Thank you for this information Ted, I will be looking to see this bird again hopefully. It wasn’t to scared by us as we walked by so I did get some good photos.
Great captures of this beauty, Sandra, and wow on your count for the week!
Thank you Ellen, I should rephrase that in the post. That count is my over all yearly count. I have heard of people seeing that many birds in one week though.
😃 There certainly are places, and times of year, when that could be possible! Sometimes I need to put the camera down and just look around.
Yes, we do that as well at times. We head out for a walk and I tell the husband I am not going to take the camera with this time. But, I still grab it right before we leave. Just can’t help it. 🙂
😆 Don’t want to miss out!
beautiful!
Thank you 😊
Thank you, Sandra. These are beautiful pictures.
If the heron that hangs around my late parents’ boat dock is any indication, I’m thinking it must be difficult to get close to these fellows for photography. He is usually as still as can be and if I make the slightest sound he is off with the wind.
Yes Chris, that is what they are like, it is rare to get this close. Usually the minute I start bringing my camera up to my eye they are gone. 🙂
This makes me appreciate your efforts all the more.
I enjoy the “relaxed” look they have as they flap their wings once they are in the air. Amazing creatures.
They really are amazing, yes to see them fly is something, their wingspans are quite large.
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Thank you very much Francine 🙂
Un tres bel oiseau ce héron tricolore, bravo pour les superbes photos. Ce matin j’étais tres surprise de voir un héron cendré sur la pelouse devant les garages. Ils n’hésitent plus à s’éloigner de la rivière.
Bonne journée.
Thank you very much, yes the gray herons are seen in towns more and more 🙂
Congratulation! Beautiful bird and great capture
Thank you 🙂
Great shots and probably a good move too !
Thank you Rudi, yes it is a fun movie to watch. 🙂
These are incredible captures.
Thank you very much Cindy, the light was just right when I came across this bird.
Thanks for the shout out Sandra. That is a very nice tricolored heron specimen – with that reddish coloring suspect it is coming out of the juvenile stage. You got the light on that first shot perfectly and I am always fascinated by the feet on those large waders.
You are very welcome, yes I am always looking at birds feet, amazing how different they all are and how huge they are for some birds. Serves a purpose for them but funny looking at times.