Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, and a Checkered Keelback (Fowlea piscator), family Colubridae, struggle over a fish in Telangana, India

photograph by Sunny Inaganti

great blue heron , Ardea herodias

Grey Heron

Adreamimus, the heron mimic

Great egret / garza blanca (Ardea alba).

At the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.

Ardea alba [ダイサギ,Great Egret]

目先が婚姻色になっています。

なぜこの色なんだろう？

Melanistic great blue heron (Ardea herodias) [x]

[2527/11080] Cocoi heron - Ardea cocoi

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae (herons) Subfamily: Ardeinae (day herons, night herons and egrets)

Photo credit: Karmela Moneta via Macaulay Library

The Space Heron, once more.

Several years ago, I painted a heron, in a similar state. I’ve come a long way since then and wanted to try redoing that piece to see just how far. It is an old favorite of mine and this was a blast to do, very fun to go wild with the colors and the symmetry.

The Space Bird series will continue.

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Great Blue Heron, juvenile (Ardea herodias)

August 15, 2022

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

お堀のアオサギ

Czapla siwa (Ardea cinerea) 

A grey heron (Ardea cinerea) 

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Bharatpur Bird Sanctury, Rajasthan, India

photograph by Ravindra Kambli

Great Egret

I was writing, but then I ended up sketching how the Dragon warband looked in their early years (after they left the fahrar at ~16yo), right before the mission that led Kouran to retire from active duty in 1308 AE. After that, they decided to rename the warband to Wing, and continued their streak of successful missions (or "creative interpretation of orders").

I really want to finish this headshot lineup, but I gotta determine some design elements first (and fix those things that aren't supposed to be there yet oops). Maybe I'll even do a 12 years later pic.

Some fun facts in the meantime:

- Odhran and Obsius are non-identical twins, which is obvious given that the first is albino while the rest of their family has dark fur. What they lack in strength and bulk, they make up for in craftiness and trickery. - Ardea and Sidonia are half-sisters, with the first being almost a year younger. Their mother was a Flame Legion refugee and the only one of her family to reach safety when she was just a cub, and taught them not to be ashamed of their powerful fire magic. - Aurelia and Ardea are fahrar sweethearts. Gross and cute at the same time, I know. - Aurelia and Obsius became friends the day she arrived the fahrar. Specifically, she saw Obsius being picked on for being scrawny, decided she'd protect him, and then proceeded go to pick him up in spite of him being a few months older than her. - Kouran and Reeva were a thing for a few years in the fahrar, now they're insufferable besties. - Kouran is the designated group mom. - Lupita and Rorick were thought to be a couple, but they've always been just close friends. She was non-verbal cub and he liked hanging out with her because she didn't mock his furless face (result of a spell gone wrong) and liked his stories. - Aurelia is the tallest, Sidonia is the buffest, Obsius and Odhran are the smallest (Obsius is lither).

Untitled.

Ardea alba [ダイサギ,Great Egret]

婚姻色のダイサギが魚をゲットしました👏👏👏👏