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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by Amy Raybuck
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Description:

Large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England.

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PublishedMarch 21, 2011

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