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Green Heron (predator-prey)

Butorides virescens

Description:

Happy 400th spotting to me! A Green Heron, possibly an immature, spotted in the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. This individual was stalking and eating a small fish.

Habitat:

Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...

Notes:

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2 Comments

Nick Hines
Nick Hines 9 months ago

Great job :-) beautiful Bird

SatyenM
SatyenM 9 months ago

Lovely spotting! Congrats on the 400!

Virginia, USA

Lat: 38.76, Long: -77.10

Spotted on Jul 20, 2012
Submitted on Jul 30, 2012

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