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Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Photo by Doren B
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38.7542, -77.1062

Field Notes

Habitat:

Freshwater marsh with grasses, cattails and lizard tail.

Notes:

This was the Huntley Meadows wetland preserve in Alexandria, Virginia. It is a public preserve with an open marsh and woodland trails.

Reference Links:

Green Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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