Grand Plumage
Merritt Island, Blackpoint Drive, Florida, USA-January 08, 2020: Something has excited this heron to fluff his feathers, and aren't they pretty! An interesting pattern which looks like an X shows on his back. Another example of the effects of light. Two prominent feathers are causing a shadow rendering the appearance of an X.
Camouflaged within the trees
Fort Pickens State Park, Florida, USA-January 10, 2020: A Great Blue Heron is motionless, camouflaged within the pine needles.
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