Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

I see this type of bird almost at every lake here in Orlando.

avesjohn 12 years ago

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

Jennifer Flores 12 years ago

We have seen bigger ones (or at least we think it's the same type of bird). This one is quite small compared to the rest.

Hema Shah 12 years ago

or could be immature.

Bruce Weiskotten 12 years ago

Could it be a little blue heron (Egretta caerula)?

Bruce Weiskotten 12 years ago

It does look quite small for a great blue heron

Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Aves,How old do you think this heron is? The one i have seen is probably 7 times this size.

Hema Shah 12 years ago

interesting. Does not seem like juvenile!

Spotted by
Jennifer Flores

Spotted on Dec 2, 2011
Submitted on Dec 3, 2011