Great Blue Heron at Padre Island National Seashore (Nov 2019)

As we started walking down the beach at the National Seashore, we saw this lovely great blue heron wading in the water. We weren't able to get too close before it took off. (They seem to be very wary birds, in general.)

Happily, the heron came down the beach to where we were sitting a little while later. And, I had the luck to capture it catching (and eating) a large fish.

After its meal, it flew even closer to us and hung out until a large truck came by and scared the heron off into the dunes.