TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

I Got It Great Blue Heron- Ardea herodius Great Blue Heron- Ardea herodius, Order CICONIIFORMES - Family ARDEIDAE. One of my favorite weekend activities is watching Great Blue Herons catch fish! They are remarkable birds of prey! Heuston Woods State Park, Acton Lake. View a QUICKTIME SLIDESHOW of a beautiful Sunday at Acton Lake in SW Ohio. (Photo: Sep 19, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 500mm f/4 L IS lens and 1.4X TC) "The largest and most widespread heron in North America. An all white form is found in southern Florida and the Caribbean." For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Blue_Heron.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.