Hi Nancy, only just saw your nice comment, thanks very much.

thanks Alex.

thankyou again, Don, for the nice comments, glad you like it. Am quite pleased with this one. I just cropped the edges of the image here, - it's not a crop of a full sized heron image.

thanks Janice, yes, we love them.

lol, Evelyn, like the comment about slicking his hair back :) would make a good photo for that old "brylcreme ad". I didn't realize how glossy their black head feathers are, til I saw this image. Love the plumes that stick out at the back of their heads.