May 30, 2021

I am a Little Blue Heron

Although at the moment I look kind of mottled

I am molting into my adult blue plumage

I was solid white when I was young and toddled.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Egretta_caerulea/

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson