Royalty Free Photography

Ardea herodias. Blue heron in a tidal bay with white sand. I did not get super sharp focus like I could have wished but got several ok ones of a heron walking and then launching into flight. This is obviously the picture with the flying great blue heron.
Great Blue Herons are common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America.
Shot with a Nikon D80 and a 50mm AIS lens.