Juvenile Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

            Naples Botanical Gardens
Near The Gulf Of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA

The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known in North America as the Louisiana heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the United States and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru. There is some post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range. 

The tricolored heron stalks its prey in shallow or deeper water, often running as it does so. It eats fish, crustaceans, reptiles, and insects. Tricolored heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. In each clutch, 3–7 eggs are typically laid. 

It is a medium-large, long-legged, long-necked heron with a long pointed yellowish or greyish bill with a black tip. The legs and feet are dark. This species measures from 56 to 76 cm (22 to 30 in) long and has a wingspan of 96 cm (38 in). The slightly larger male heron weighs 415 g (14.6 oz) on average, while the female averages 334 g (11.8 oz). 

Adults have a blue-grey head, neck, back and upper wings, with a white line along the neck. The belly is white. In breeding plumage, they have long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck, and buff ones on the back. – Wikipedia

Taken in: United States / Florida / Royal Harbor (show map)

Taken on: July 10, 2017

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Naples Botanical Gardens

Southwest Florida

Tri-colored Heron

Juvenile

Small Heron

Resident Breeder

Sub Tropical Swamps

Nests In Colonies

Sue Roehl

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Hand held

Near The Gulf Of Mexico

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