A great blue heron wading in the shallows of Clopper Lake.

Image ID: wea02123, Historic NWS Collection
Location: Seneca Creek State Park, Maryland
Photographer: Eileen McVey, NESDIS, NOAA Central Library

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/



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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