Mystery Bird: Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias

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[Mystery bird] Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, photographed in California. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]

Image: Steve Duncan [larger view].

Nikon D200 w/ Nikkor 300mm f/4 & TC17E.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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By David Hilmy (not verified) on 24 Feb 2010 #permalink

Hey Kim,

I guess folks can already tell this to be from the family Ardeidae and therefore probably have identified genus...

"by some accounts" Salome's mother was the instigator of his beheading; add her name "twice" and you get species and subspecies...

By David Hilmy (not verified) on 25 Feb 2010 #permalink