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Green Heron

Butorides virescens

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Field Notes

Description:

Red heron with green wings, yellow eyes and legs, and black feathers on top of head.

Habitat:

Marshy area of Lake Hodges

Notes:

I only got one shot of it before it flew away. It was already pretty hidden in the trees.

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Green Heron, Butoroides virescens

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PublishedJanuary 17, 2012

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