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holyschist ([personal profile] holyschist) wrote in [community profile] common_nature 2020-05-30 08:34 am (UTC)

Once they have fledged, the differences between subadult and adult are pretty subtle - at first they have some head fuzz, and then they're mostly just more spotty/less vibrant: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Butorides_virescens_(juvenile).jpg

If you can find a nest, awkward bby herons are SO awkward. <3 I never did figure out where the actual nest was.

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