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Great Blue Heron -
(Ardea herodias)  Audio
Identification
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Large, blue-grey body, neck lighter,
white head - Long legs, long beak
- Adult has black head plumes
- 46" (117 cm.)
Habitat
- Wetlands, rivers, streams, ponds
- Nests in mature trees, sometimes in uplands
Additional Information
- Fairly common migrant, summer resident
- Wisconsin species of special concern
- Nests in rookeries --colonies of heron nests
high in trees - Rookery with about 25 nests present on
KVR until 1997, when a windstorm
destroyed it - Stalks fish in shallow ponds
Comparable Species
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