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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Beautiful blueish-gray bird with a long yellow beak and black head feathers. This one actually has a broken leg but flew off strong.

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RayDunn
RayDunn 12 years ago
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron


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2 Comments

RayDunn
RayDunn 12 years ago

Goes with the name but that one is much darker and lives mainly in Africa and Madagascar. well, as much as I know after just researching it.

marfam7
marfam7 12 years ago

I think its a Black Headed Heron

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RayDunn
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RayDunn

Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 20, 2010
Submitted on May 4, 2011

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