Great Blue Heron on the lush growth of lilies on Lake Nicaragua

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The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores, England and the Netherlands. The Great Blue Heron can adapt to almost any wetland habitat in its range. They may be found in numbers in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua
Photo credit: © Debbie Prediger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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