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Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•They eat fish, aquatic insects, shrimp, crabs, small mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
•They usually breed in colonies.
•Their main predators are eagles, hawks, owls, crocodiles and alligators.

Habitat:

Fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, shorelines
-I saw this heron in Naperville (USA)

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