Three Minutes of a Grooming Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

A Green Heron (Butorides virescens) takes a break from fishing its pond and begins grooming itself.
Woodbridge, CT 4/26/2024
00:08 - Looking around
00:18 - Grooming begins
00:44 - Getting the back feathers
02:03 - A bit of scratching
02:13 - Big wing stretch

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What a beautiful bird!