This juvenile Little Blue Heron was photographed on Lemmon Lake in Dallas, Texas. This immature is in the process of molting away the white feathers of youth and replacing them with the blue-gray plumage of an adult bird.
Observation Details
County | – | Dallas |
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City | – | Dallas | |
Date | – | Jul 15, 2012 | |
Time of Day | – | Morning | |
Temperature | – | Hot (greater than 89°F/32°C) | |
Weather | – | Partly Cloudy | |
Habitat | – | Undeveloped-Wooded | |
Type of Behavior | – | Hunting | |
Gender | – | Uncertain | |
Maturity | – | Juvenile | |
Observer | – | Chris Jackson |