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Green Heron. Butorides striatus.

Green Heron. Butorides striatus.
16-22” (40-55 cm)
A small dark heron that in flight looks crowlike (nut flies with bowed wingbeats). When alarme...
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Green Heron. Butorides striatus.
16-22” (40-55 cm)
A small dark heron that in flight looks crowlike (nut flies with bowed wingbeats). When alarmed it stretches its neck, elevates a shaggy crest, and jerks its tail. The comparatively short legs are greenish yellow or orange (breeding). Back bluish, neck deep chesnut. Immature has a streaked neck.
Voice: A series of huck^, a loud skyow or skewk.
Range; Nw. U.S., se. Canada to n. S. America.
HabitatLakes, ponds, marshes, swamps, streamsides

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Outstanding Creativity
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Superb Composition
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Peer Award
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All Star
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