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Great Blue Heron (A. h. occidentalis)

Ardea herodias occidentalis

Notes:

Seen on the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park, this "Great White Heron", a subspecies of Great Blue Heron found occasionally in south Florida, was attempting to swallow a non-native catfish. I did a terrible job of capturing him actually swallowing it...

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keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago

I never knew they come in white, great spotting!

GeoffreyPalmer
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GeoffreyPalmer

Homestead, Florida, USA

Spotted on Feb 10, 2006
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012

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