great blue heron standing on grass beside pond

alert algae animal ardea ardeidae attentive bill bird black blue bokeh bright brown cheek claws crest crown details eye face feather feathers focus foot forward gaze grass gray great green head herodias heron hunt intense landscape large legs long looking marking mid nature neck next paused pelecaniformes plants plumes point pond right search sharp slate soft spear spearlike standing stare step still stopped streaks stride stroll tall talons tan thick thin throat wading walk walking water white wings yellow