A lake's plucky squire deigned to pose a bit during a couple of cloudy mornings.
I can never quite tell the
grey heron and the
great blue apart, despite (or due to?) having seen plenty of both in my life. The long beak and more rust-colored neck/chin is characteristic of the blue, isn't it? So I'm'a guess that. Also, it looked pretty, y'know... sizeable.
(As in, this thing could peck your eyes out without flying, just getting on its tippy-toes.)
It made a big show of strutting, diving and flapping around, and ruffling its feathers to drip-dry with pretty impressive control, which is how I witnessed a freaky detail:
Those two modified decorative feathers on the back of their heads? They can tense and relax those individually! (Also, given how exagerrated they look, I'd guess this is a male?) Man, sure puts a suggestive waggle of your eyebrows to shame.
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