A juvenile heron poses for the camera. The ragged look makes it appear it just stepped out of a hurricane, but it's just young. It'll grow into those feathers.
At first sight, only a small head appeared. Then it fully broke the surface and showed off just how large it was. Glad I was on the path and not in the water!
Big and beautiful, you just want to give it a good rub. I have yet to see a Florida Panther in the wild so this will have to do. Another victim of man's "advancement" their population numbers are low. Hopefully we can make the changes to balance progress with saving another species.
