Great Blue Herons Venice Florida Wallpaper
This Great Blue Herons Venice Florida wallpaper captures an adult and juvenile side by side at their rookery nest — the adult standing tall and composed, every breeding plume in place, while the juvenile beside it looks like it’s having an exceptionally bad feather day. Venice, Florida is home to one of the most accessible great blue heron rookeries in North America, where dozens of nesting pairs return each year, and Cornell Lab’s All About Birds notes the Great Blue Heron is the largest heron on the continent, standing nearly four feet tall with a wingspan approaching six feet. The size difference between adult and juvenile in this shot makes that scale viscerally clear — and that wild tufted crest on the youngster is a reminder that great birds don’t always start out looking the part.
Great Blue Herons Venice Florida Wallpaper — Before the Plumes Come In
The adult has clearly given up trying to give parenting advice. Free HD download — and there’s more Florida wildlife and stunning bird photography to explore in our birds collection.
