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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by AmandaWhipkey
Published on Project Noah
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38.3269, -76.5138

Field Notes

Description:

Large wading bird, razor sharp beak.

Habitat:

Wetlands, North and Central America.

Notes:

Warming up under a heat lamp. Was pulled out of a snowdrift covered in ice in the middle of a snow storm. Released. Last image taken after he was freed.

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Comments (2)
Ashish
Nice to read Note... Cute bird..!!

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2011

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