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Great Blue Heron
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| Length: |
46-52
inches |
Song: |
Squawks and Croaks |
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Wingspan: |
77-82
inches |
Behavior: |
When flies it bends its neck
back in s-shape |
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Weight: |
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Breeding: |
Monogamous. Colonial |
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Habitat: |
lives in water so it can eat
its prey |
Population: |
Stable, common, and widespread |
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Migration: |
North birds |
Feeders: |
Unknown |
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Appearance: |
Blue gray body, black and white
stripes on its neck, short tail, blackish yellow legs, long stout
yellowishbill, white face. |
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Interesting Facts:
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In Southern Florida there is a
bird called the Great White Heron because it is white. |
Compiled by
Katie, Middletown
Elementary School, Louisville, KY
Information from Birds of North America Smithsonian Handbook
By Fred J Alsop III, DK Publishing, Inc., 2001
Photos used
with permission
from National Fish and Wildlife Service –
http://images.fws.gov
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