Reflection Ardeidae Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron St Marks National Wildlife Refuge Walkulla County Florida

Great Blue Heron – St Marks National Wildlife Refuge

A lone Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias provides a Reflection in tidal water of St Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Great Blue Heron numbers are stable and increased in the U.S. between 1966 and 2014, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey.1


1 Great Blue Heron. Identification, All About Birds – Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Web. 09 Apr. 2017.


camera: Nikon D3 | lens: AF Nikkor VR 400mm f/2.8G IF-ED
focal length: 400mm | exposure: f/4.5 – 1/3200th second – ISO 500