Pensive
by Dawn Currie
Title
Pensive
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Pensive juvenile Tricolored Heron standing on the banks of Wakodahatchee Wetlands in south Florida.
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Portrait of a pensive juvenile Tricolored Heron along the banks of the Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor): A medium-sized, slender heron of the southeastern United States, the Tricolored Heron was formerly known as the Louisiana Heron. I love photographing these birds throughout the wetlands of central and south Florida, including Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near Titusville Florida, the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands and Click Ponds near Viera Florida, Gleason Park in Indian Harbour Beach Florida, the Orlando Wetlands near Christmas Florida, Gatorland in Orlando Florida, and Wakodahatchee Nature Center in Boyton Beach Florida.
The Tricolored Heron is a resident of coastal wetlands. It is most common in estuaries, bay margins, brackish marshes, and tidal pools. This medium-sized heron (22-30 in) is often seen in belly-deep water catching killifishes and other small prey such as frogs, crustaceans and insects. The plumage is mostly blue-gray above and white on the belly. The front of the neck is white; the sides of the neck may be gray or purple. Breeding birds have fine buffy plumes on the back and neck, and elongated crown plumes, as do many other egrets. The bill is slender and noticeably long; during the nesting season it is tinted blue at the base. Tricolored Herons build stick nests in mixed colonies of large waders. They'll nest in a variety of trees and close to or on the ground or vegetation at the water's surface. A typical clutch is 3-4 eggs and is incubated by both parents.
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June 9th, 2014
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Christopher James
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Robert Bales
Excellent portrait with nice color and detail!! I nominated this one to the 1000 + 1 site!! v/f/t
HH Photography
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been featured in our group, Florida Water Birds-Shore Birds.
JIJO GEORGE
Congratulations!!! your photo is now featured in the Amazing colors of nature group! Keep Shooting!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
We welcome this wildlife portrait to The 200 Club, a "rising star" group in which only a select few are featured. It is my pleasure to feature desirable art work like this. Congratulations on your well-deserved feature in our high activity group and elsewhere and on your hundreds of views.