Aquatic Birds

Can I Eat This Stick?

The little blue heron found a stick poking out of the water and tried to grab it in its bill as though testing whether it was good to eat. Finding food when this young is a matter of trial and error.
Juvenile Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

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