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Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Photo by Jinxi
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

This little fella was spotted flying into a small set of woods and walking to the edge of a pond. It appeared to be attempting to catch a frog.

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Comments (2)
Jinxi
Thanks for the welcome! and I've just updated it. :)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Beautiful! Welcome to the community. Since you know the common name, please look up the scientific name and add it to the spotting. This removes it from the unknown list :)
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PublishedApril 21, 2013

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