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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by chesterbperry
Published on Project Noah
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35.0407, -85.2112

Field Notes

Description:

This heron was not content sharing this territory with an egret, it drove the egret off the rocks in photo at least three times while I was in area, and when I came through on my way out it had driven the egret to opposite shore.

Habitat:

wetland adjacent to urban greenway

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
HemaShah
we have a similar settting here in Heather farms.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Birds of the World
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Biodiversity of SouthEastern US
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedOctober 1, 2013

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