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Green heron

Butorides virescens

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Field Notes

Notes:

Rio Sierpe...sitting on her nest...

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
MatthewKritzer
Thanks, nice trip up the Rio Sierpe in the Osa area, an important river to the indiginous, pre-Columbian population...
bowhunter187
Nice shot of the Heron we have them here in New Hampshire but they are very hard to get with in 50 yards of them

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Paso Pacifico Survey
Mission
Birds of Panama and Costa Rica
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor
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PublishedJune 17, 2011

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