Seen in Costa Rica, he looked black to me, but I was told he is a blue heron…..oh dear….
But this one in the UK is definitely grey
Now for a definite bit of black, a coot:
Linked to Life in Colour at Jude’s here
Bonus black and grey
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Good choices, Sue. The poor Coot has no idea he spawned an insult. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
😄😄
A lovely trio of blacks.
Thanks, Margaret!
Fantastic bird photographs
Thank you, Becky!
I love the baby coots!
Aren’t they just cutely ugly!
Exactly!
😂
I have never seen baby coots before, aren’t they just fabulous! And I think the Blue Heron is definitely blue-black.
The baby coots were something to see, with their bald heads and neck ruffs
Oh, and good news about the blue black!
Never seen baby coots before. Cheers, Sue!
Cool, aren’t they!
Yep 🤣💕
Love the black (& blue) heron – we have great blue herons here in Vancouver but I have always found them distinctly grey, until one day I took some photos of one with distinctly blue markings. So now I’m not sure if there are two different types or whether the colour only shows up in the appropriate lighting. Capturing a Coot (with chicks!) is quite the feat – I have only managed to capture their backends as they swim away from me as fast as possible…
Thanks! The coots were a delight to see
The baby coots are so ugly that they’re cute. 🙂 I’ve seen lots of big ones here but never babies.
Their appearance was a surprise to me, I just thought they would be miniature versions of the adults
Aw, the Coot is so cute. And I know what you mean by bird names – over here, our very grey-looking heron is called the Great blue heron. OK, there’s a slight bluish cast to the bird’s grey feathers but it’s awfully similar to your Grey heron. What’s in a name? 😉
What, indeed!
I’ve never seen a blue heron this dark. 😍
I am only going on what I was told….
I wasn’t doubting you, only admiring.
Yay! Thanks!
For a bird that isn’t fond of flying it is surprising that they seem to be happy in Australia as well as the rest of the world. The red fluffy chicks were a great catch.
Thanks John!
What a cute bird!
Which one, there are three….😄
I like the blue heron more 🙂
OK