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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

There's a small heron colony near where I live with 10 active nests. Most nests have a female laying on eggs, and some of the males were still carrying sticks back to build the nests more.

Reference Links:

Great Blue Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (4)
Tom15
Thanks Alice and Stefania. In a couple more weeks I hope to see the young in the nest with the parents.

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PublishedApril 27, 2013

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