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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Field Notes

Notes:

I spotted this bird perched in a tree opposite the duck blind I was standing in. My wife, with her keen eye, noticed two other herons perched in trees near this one. Knowing that these birds do perch in trees; it is still a little odd to see them do it.

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vanhevel
wow! I've never seen a heron in a tree before! that is spectacular!

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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012

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