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Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

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Field Notes

Description:

The little blue heron is a medium-sized heron, mostly dark with bluish plumage tinging pink or reddish on the neck. Legs are gray.

Habitat:

Freshwater wetlands and estuaries.

Reference Links:

Little Blue Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedMarch 20, 2012

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