Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) hunting, Casamance, Senegal

ardea ardesiaca egretta ardesiaca adult alone wing feather posing lying in wait fish profile shot overview reflection plumage egretta august black heron egretta ardesiaca water surface nobody casamance adults single lonely only solo one lone wings feathers posed pose settlings settling watchful be on the watch stalking being on the watch stalk at steal fishing fished profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length reflections mirror image reflected reflecting plumages water edge banks rive water edges least concern species water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces with nobody stage of development individual enumeration morphology zoology morphology organism hunt behavior shot light effect livery ardeinae ardeidae ciconiiformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota freshwater wetland area area low risk species egret surfbird bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal water matter matter substance senegal west africa africa