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Great blue heron (adult, blue form)

Ardea herodias wardi

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Description:

Two different adults seen within a few feet of each other, wading in the water to hunt fish and frogs in the afternoon.

Habitat:

Seen in a swamp on Loop Road in the Florida Everglades.

Notes:

This is a Florida subspecies.

Reference Links:

Great blue heron - Wikipedia, Ardea herodias wardi (Great Blue Heron (wardi)) - Avibase

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