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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by alyakdraw
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Species ID Suggestions

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Comments (1)
MishaCainNell
From the body shape, I'd say either a large egret (like the great white egret) or a large heron (like the great blue heron). It's hard to tell in the lighting. If it had a white body, then it's probably the egret - if gray/blue then likely the great blue heron.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2012

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