This bird is small for a heron, but on close examination, its colors are extraordinary. Double click on the image to enlarge. Once you've seen it, click on the 'back' button to bring you back here. This appears to be a juvenile green heron because of its brown and white streaked neck, slight crest, and light-tipped wing coverts. The yellow markings around the bill and eye are also indicative of a juvenile, because the markings are less pronounced in the adult. They average between 16 and 18 inches long, their wingspan is about 25 inches and they weigh about 8 or 9 ounces. It's also called the green-backed heron.
This is a difficult bird to get pictures of because of its secretive nature.
This is a photo of the same bird with the colors punched up a little bit.
I stood outside this morning as it was about to rain with my rebel T1i camera and 300mm telephoto lens and managed to get some shots of this one before it started to rain. I tried different aperture settings because the light wasn't very bright, due to the cloud cover. ISO 1600, shutter speed 1/100.
I didn't punch up the color on this one, although I did in a few of the other shots I took.
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