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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Description:

I see this type of bird almost at every lake here in Orlando.

Species ID Suggestions

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Comments (6)
Jennifer Flores
We have seen bigger ones (or at least we think it's the same type of bird). This one is quite small compared to the rest.
HemaShah
@ Aves,How old do you think this heron is? The one i have seen is probably 7 times this size.
HemaShah
interesting. Does not seem like juvenile!

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PublishedDecember 3, 2011

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