Taxonomy: Order Pelecaniformes >> Family Ardeidae >> Genus Ardea
 
  
  | Great Blue Heron  (Unique ID: 331) Return to Last Page: Click on image  |  
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Acquire This Photo Species: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Location: Lakewood Park, Kansas, United States Age: adult     Plumage: basic/year-round     Activity: foraging/eating Sex: ---     Visibility: full body     Quantity: single Photographer: Judd Patterson     Date: January 3, 2005 Equipment: Canon EOS 10D and Canon 300mm f/4L IS     Megapixels: 0.0
 Notes: A Rainbow Trout becomes dinner for a hungry heron. This big fish was caught, aligned, and swallowed whole in a matter of half a minute.
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