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Green-backed Heron

Butorides striatus

Photo by andyarct
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

This is a fledgling that I accidentally spooked, giving it some flying experience.

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alicelongmartin
Good series, but I would regroup my pictures so the first one is more clear!

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Birds of the World

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2011

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