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Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

This heron was fishing alongside some logs on which turtles were basking. The bird simply used the turtles as stepping stones as it moved along and only one turtle plopped into the water; the others simply allowed the bird to walk and balance on their backs!

Habitat:

Sandy Creek Park

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Maria dB
Thanks for your comments, Marta and armadeus 4. The turtles likely thought it was more annoying.
Liana
OMG - that is so funny!!! Great series Maria! Thank you for sharing :)

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PublishedNovember 1, 2014

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