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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:

Copyright © 2012 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

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2 Comments

Voddy
Voddy 11 years ago

Great job :-) beautiful Bird

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Lovely spotting! Congrats on the 400!

Geodialist
Spotted by
Geodialist

Virginia, USA

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

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