17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Heron drying its feathers

The heron had just caught a fish and had gotten wet. It was drying itself after eating the fish.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2019
Date Uploaded: 09.2019
Photo Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States of America
Camera: DMC-FZ70
Copyright: © Mary Lynn Mayko