{"id":5884,"date":"2012-08-11T04:44:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T10:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:24:40","slug":"little-blue-heron-on-the-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/11\/little-blue-heron-on-the-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Blue Heron On The Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LittleLittle Blue Heron on the hunt – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/750, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 340mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Little Blue Heron was photographed in Florida as it hunted for prey in a shallow lagoon the edge of a marsh in late afternoon light.\u00a0 The adult heron stalked small fish, crabs, and shrimp while I sat in the warm water photographing it and the other birds nearby.<\/p>\n

Little Blue Herons<\/span><\/a> are blue as adults, blue and white or piebald when they are immature, and white as juveniles.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Little Blue Heron photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) was photographed in Florida as it hunted for prey in a shallow lagoon the edge of a marsh in late afternoon light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,81],"tags":[4004,4021,14752,85,37,4136,173,8304,3997,84,4246,1735,4140,373],"class_list":["post-5884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-little-blue-herons","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-coastal-island","tag-egretta-caerulea","tag-florida-2","tag-foraging","tag-gulf-coast","tag-hunt","tag-lagoon","tag-little-blue-heron","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-shallow","tag-tidal-lagoon","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t