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Metadata
Title: Heron
Alternative Title: Great Blue Heron
Creator: Karney, Lee
Source: WO-Lee Karney-3229
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Karney, Herons, Wading birds, Waterfowl

Description
Table Of Contents: Herons, wading birds; most have long legs, neck, and bill for stalking food in shallow water. Graceful crests and plumes adorn some species in breeding season.

Date
Available: April 05 2004
Issued: March 26 2004
Modified: April 08 2004


Comments
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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