Beautiful, Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, a proud mom with her babies preening in a nest in a dead tree.

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Size: 4610px × 3030px
Location: Ashland, Oregon United States
Photo credit: © Chelsea Sampson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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