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The Great Blue Heron

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The Great Blue Heron

Getting to Know Nature

Oct 15, 2022
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by Bill Church, originally published in October 2007

blue and white bird on brown rock
Photo by Jeremy Hynes on Unsplash

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias

Family: Ardeidae, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Description 39-52" W. 5'10"

A common large, mainly grayish heron with a pale or yellowish bill. Often mistaken for a Sandhill Crane, the heron flies with its neck folded, not extended like that o…

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