A great blue heron stands in contrast to the green plants in Thoreau Lake in the Walden Waterfowl Refuge
at Blendon Woods Metro Park near Columbus, Ohio.
Beautiful shot. I brought back memories of a similar (but not as good!) photo I have ... but taken in Australia. We were on a boat trip and went past two of these standing in the lily pads just like this. The boat continued for a couple of minutes and then turned to go back, but now there was only one bird. We were all looking for the second bird when a crocodile surfaced ..... you can guess the rest!