Five young green herons scan the sky avidly for signs of their next meal at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama. Photo by Roy W. Lowe. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
Black-necked stilts have the second-longest legs in proportion to their body in the bird world, exceeded only by flamingos. You can spot black-necked stilts at San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, where this photo was taken. Photo by Rinus Baak/USFWS. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
Photo: Paul Brooke. Yellow-crowned night heron, at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Photo by Paul Brooke from the US Fish & Wildlife website.
Bad hair day. A great blue heron chick tries out a punk look at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah. In migration season, millions of birds stop to rest and feed in refuge wetlands in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. Some stick around to nest. Photo by Brian Ferguson/USFWS. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
A worried-looking Atlantic puffin at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge wears its fish dinner before it eats it. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.