@sueinmn and all... Wow! Did you ever take fantastic photos! These are such wonderful birds. I adore them so much... I think I mentioned a couple years ago I had a huge blue heron fly over our home when I was living in a home on a creek feeding into the St. Johns River and we had a pool and pool house in the back yard. The bright, sunny day suddenly got dark inside the house. I thought a large plane went overhead, but it lasted too long and was different. It was a blue heron with a wingspan of enormous width to cover the entire house as it did. It landed on the roof or the pool house, sat there for the longest time saying hello to me as I watched, camera upstairs, a didn't breathe forever afraid it would leave. I whispered accolades and lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs'. What a wonderful memory for me now.

Thank you, Sue, for sharing these magnificent creatures. Stunning.
Blessings, Elizabeth