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Tricolored Heron2020-01-15T11:02:26-06:00

Tricolored Heron

A small slender heron, the Tricolored Heron has a long bill and neck with long blue plumes on the head and neck .  It forages alone by standing still in water, sometimes belly-deep, waiting for small fish, crustaceans and insects to approach.  Sometimes you will see them running in pursuit of a school of fish.

Michael Lindsey
Galveston County
Tricolored Heron

‘TriClrHer’ won 2nd Place in the 2025 Week 3 FeatherFest Photo Contest.

Gary Seloff
Horseben Bayou
Tricolored Heron

‘Selfie’ won Honorable Mention in the 2021 Week 2 FeatherFest Photo Contest.

Lee Roane
East End Lagoon Nature Preserve
Tricolored Heron

A frame from a video. Thought it was a Great Blue Heron but note the white belly.

Mary Halligan
West End
Tricolored Heron

Taken on a 2019 Featherfest West Isle Marsh & Shorebirds field trip.

Mike Zarella
West End
Tricolored Heron

‘Lucky Heron Unlucky Fish’ won Honorable Mention in the 2019 Week 2 Featherfest Photo Contest

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