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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by joanbstanley
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

My 3000th spotting.
It was bath time for a Great Blue Heron.

Habitat:

Corinth Community Pond.

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Comments (21)
joanbstanley
Thank you, everyone. I have see a lot of herons standing in water, but I had never seen one bathe either. It was both funny and fascinating.
LaurenZarate
Congratulations! So many wonderful spottings.
Jacob Gorneau
Gorgeous spotting of a magnificent bird! Congratulations on 3,000 spottings! Thank you for sharing your lovely and informative spottings! :-)
joanbstanley
Thank you, everyone. It has been a lot of fun.
Bernadette S
Congrats! I love seeing your spottings from Denton, a special place for me. :-)
HemaShah
Congratulations Joan! i finished 1000 spottings with pyoung, 2000 spottings with Aunt Nance and now 3000 spottings with you!! It adds to the delite!
joanbstanley
Thank you everyone. It did seem to be having a good time, and making a thorough job of it.
gatorfellows
Congratulations on your 3000 spotting milestone. Very nice series. It looks like it is really enjoying its bath :)
KarenL
Congratulations Joan! Well done of reaching this impressive milestone!

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PublishedMay 10, 2013

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