From: BrightSpark
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.artpics
Subject: Nature Art - #9 - Carol Heiman-Greene - Great Blue Heron
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:06:35 GMT

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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