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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by pennymomof2
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Field Notes

Description:

Large bird that was looking for fish

Habitat:

He was fishing in a fresh water spring that flows out to the Gulf of Mexico

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Great Blue Heron

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Comments (7)
pennymomof2
Thanks! I was on a boardwalk in a nature park so he may be kind of use to people here. He did start walking back when I stopped to take the pictures.
mdwildlife
I like that third shot - cool angle. Nice job btw, I know these birds are usually pretty skiddish
MitchRay
the dark crown, gray back, and bicolored bill are all indicative of a juvie Great Blue Heron. It lacks the coloration of a Tricolored Herron.
pennymomof2
It doesn't have the feathers on the top though.

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PublishedJune 11, 2011

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