An adult Little Blue Heron with dark slaty-blue plumage and a purplish neck is perched on a weathered branch next to a smaller, all-white juvenile Little Blue Heron. Both are on tangled grey branches. Photo by Wendy Dembowski.

Like night and day! 🌗 An adult Little Blue Heron and its all-white juvenile companion. Such a stark and beautiful contrast in plumage, yet the same elegant form.

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