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Green Heron
Stanley Jones

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens subsp. virescens) Sexes similar. Leonabelle Turnbull Nature Center, Mustang Island, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal marsh plus a thin gallery forest against a coastal marsh with a boardwalk leading into the marsh.
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Habitat
Barrier Island, coastal marsh plus a thin gallery forest against a coastal marsh with a boardwalk leading into the marsh.
Location
Leonabelle Turnbull Nature Center, Mustang Island, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
April 2017
Scientific name
Butorides virescens
Equipment used
Canon
Doc Duck
Isn't it strange that Purple rollers are so green while Green herons are so purple :S
 

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North America
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