
Tricolor heron
Merritt island national wildlife refuge, Florida
Sometimes I take 1,297 blurry pictures on one trip but at least some of them turn out like this (75-300mm lens on a rebel t7)
(Edited to add location)

Merritt island national wildlife refuge, Florida
Sometimes I take 1,297 blurry pictures on one trip but at least some of them turn out like this (75-300mm lens on a rebel t7)
(Edited to add location)
A couple weeks ago I saw this guy hanging out on black point drive at Merritt island national wildlife refuge in Florida. I have not been able to *confidently* id this bird so I wanted to see if anyone could help me. At the time, based on behavior, I was leaning towards the reddish egret white morph since it used the kind of dancing/canopy hunting style that they are known for. Now looking at the pictures, I’m not sure it’s not a juvenile little blue heron. I was standing on top of my car to see over the mangroves watching these birds for about an hour. They were pretty far away and I only have a 300 mm for my camera so these are the best pics I can get.