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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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27.7568, -81.464

Field Notes

Description:

Great blue herons build a bulky stick nest. Nests are usually around 50 cm (20 in) across when first constructed, but can grow to more than 120 cm (47 in) in width and 90 cm (35 in) deep with repeated use and additional construction.

Habitat:

Merit Island

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Great blue heron

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Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
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PublishedJune 25, 2014

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