"LIL BLUE"

Shooting birds takes patience and or luck... My suggested minimum lens is 200mm. This one was shot at 500mm. Also, USE YOUR FLASH, Get down to their level if possible, be quiet and limit your movement, and THINK about what your doing. Take lots of shots and anticipate that strange quirk, approaching predators or prey, and enjoy what your doing.
    The Snowy Egret tolerates the close proximity of white Little Blue Herons more than that of dark Little Blue Herons. A white Little Blue Heron catches more fish in the company of Snowy Egrets than when alone. This relationship may be one reason why young Little Blue Herons stay white for a year. Another advantage of white plumage is that young Little Blue Herons are more readily able to integrate into mixed-species flocks of white herons, thus gaining a measure of protection against predators.
 Rodgers, J. A., Jr., and H. T. Smith. 1995. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea). In The Birds of North America, No. 145 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
      Little Blues have a striking blue tint, and are fun to watch. One of my personal observations is that they are far more tolerant of people than other herons, egrets, etc. For more information on The Birds Of Florida contact me at: www.wildwoollyphotos.com. Experience the REAL Florida on a Wild &Woolly® BIRDING OR PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTIONAL EXCURSION!