Four eggs of a little blue heron nestle in a next in a rookery on Hilton Head Island, South Caroline.

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The little blue heron is a small heron. It breeds in the Gulf states of the US, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to seven light blue eggs are laid.

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Location: Hilton Head Island, SC, United States
Photo credit: © John Dreyer / Alamy / Afripics
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