Caption

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) with ruffled feathers doing a mating dance on the bank of a canal in Biloxi, Mississippi

Date

Oct 10, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ron Buskirk

Reference

BRK24E16_350

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

40.6Mb (1.6Mb) / 10.3in x 15.4in / 3075 x 4613 (300dpi)

Keywords

America American Ardea herodias Ardeidae Ardeinae Aves Bird Ciconiiformes Great blue heron Heron Mississippi No People North America Pelecaniformes US-America US-American USA United States United States of America Wildlife animal animal behaviour animals in the wild aquatic bird behaviour bird photography body of water breeding season breeding time canal channel court courting courtship courtship behavior courtship behaviour courtship dance courtship display courtship season deserted display display behaviour empty fauna federal state habitat imponation imprinting mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating dance mating period mating season mating time natural environment natural habitat no one nobody overawing perform the courtship display river rutting season social behavior social behaviour state uninhabited water water bird water canal waterfowl waterfront waterway wild animal wildlife wildlife photography woo