Silhouette of a great blue heron resting on a perch and backlit by the sunrise at Lake Johnson Park in Raleigh North Carolina

Silhouette of a great blue heron perched on a fallen tree in the water backlit by the sunrise at Lake Johnson Park in Raleigh North Carolina

Silhouette of a great blue heron stretching its muscles, backlit by the sunrise at Lake Johnson Park in Raleigh North Carolina