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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by RayDunn
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Description:

Beautiful blueish-gray bird with a long yellow beak and black head feathers. This one actually has a broken leg but flew off strong.

Species ID Suggestions

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Comments (2)
RayDunn
Goes with the name but that one is much darker and lives mainly in Africa and Madagascar. well, as much as I know after just researching it.
marfam7
I think its a Black Headed Heron

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PublishedMay 4, 2011

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