Skip to main content
Close

Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron and American Alligator

Ardea herodias, Egretta caerulea and Alligator mississippiensis

Photo by Musicwolf
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

27.9845, -81.8581

Field Notes

Description:

A Great Blue Heron and a juvenile Little Blue Heron watch as an American Alligator feeds in the shallows.

Habitat:

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, FL

Notes:

I love it when I can capture more than one species in a single photograph. I was taking a picture of the two species of heron together when I saw the splashing in the water in front of them. I thought it was a duck of some sort until the alligator raised its head completely out of the water. It was feeding on something about the size of a duck as it turns out. Technically, I guess there are four species in the pictures, although I can only identify three of them.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

yeah, I couldn't decide how to split them up ;). So, i just posted them like I saw them - all together.

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Image
Butterflies icon

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon