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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue Heron in breeding plumage,

Species ID Suggestions

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Comments (7)
Kranti Dhiman
Hello Jemma! Yes I m the same ... just added my caste as surname !!
HemaShah
hi Kranti,are you kranti Azad by any chance?
HemaShah
Thanks Tiz. It looked like there was a get together of Herons on this day. I saw 3 snowy Egrets and a Great Egret along with this guy. Egrets are aka as herons. Besides there is a green heron and a black crowned resident heron.
Tiz
I took a picture of this type of bird in a zoo last week :) But with my luck, the only one that came out well was when he sticked his head in the water to catch something... Lovely bird though!
HemaShah
any possibility this could be a tri-colred Heron?
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PublishedJuly 7, 2013

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