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Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Photo by AshleyT
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29.8541, -94.4144

Field Notes

Description:

The body is gray-blue with a maroon neck and white throat. There is also a dark cap on top of the head.

Habitat:

Sitting at the edge of the cattails in a marsh.

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PublishedAugust 17, 2013

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