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Great blue heron
Ardea herodias

Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Great blue heron

Size: 48 inches
Overall Color: gray and white
Occurrence: near water
Diet: fish and small animals
Nest: platforms in trees, colonial
Field Identification: long neck and bill
Season: summer


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: ciconiiformes
Family: 19 Ardeidae (herons,bitterns,egrets)
Genus: Ardea
Species: herodias

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