Ardea Gallery

Great Blue Heron adult with young at breeding site

Great Blue Heron adult with young at breeding site displaying Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

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Grey Heron - The heron just landed on the back

Grey Heron - The heron just landed on the back of the unconcerned hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in order to use it as a base for hunting fish in the lake (Ardea cinerea)

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Grey Heron - on rim of a concrete overflow drainage

Grey Heron - on rim of a concrete overflow drainage at Sunset Dam which birds like to use as a raised hunting stand - When flooded the overflow leads water to the nearby Sabie river (Ardea cinerea)

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