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Green Heron(Butorides virescens)

Uncommon statewide along the edges of streams, ponds, swamps, etc. Green Herons are solitary nesters and do not nest in rookeries like many other species of herons.

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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Big Cypress, Collier Co., FL23 Dec 2014
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Eagle Lakes County Park, Collier Co., FL2 Feb 2016
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Washington Co., NC30 June 2006This Green Heron nested in a buttonbush thicket in a canal next to agricultural fields.
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Washington Co., NC30 June 2006When Mama Green Heron noticed us, she quietly slipped off the nest into the water, revealing 3 light blue eggs and one freshly hatched nestling! We quickly snapped a couple of photos and then left the area so she could return to her motherly duties.
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 15 May 2018
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL15 May 2018
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Durham Co., NC14 Aug 2011Fishing in a pond in the Duke Gardens.
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Outer Banks near Duck, Dare Co., NC10 Nov 2012Rare in NC in winter, this bird was a nice find during Wing Over Water.

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