GREAT BLUE HERON - Ardea herodias. John Audubon.

Query: Ardeidae

Result: 104^th of 338

Subject:	GREAT BLUE HERON - Ardea herodias. John Audubon.
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Author: John Audubon
Several close-ups available here: http://www.restoredprints.com/AUD016.htm#start

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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. These herons are common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Order: Pelecaniformes > Family: Ardeidae > Genus: Ardea > Species: Ardea herodias

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