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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog      Posted May 1, 2012   7:36 am

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A Great Blue Heron Taking Off
 
A Great Blue Heron Taking Off

A great blue heron about to fly, pushing off with its feet.

The variations in orange-yellow color, from beak to eye to legs to feet, are beautiful.

Scientific name: Ardea herodias
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Date taken: April 29, 2012
Place taken: Mercer Island, WA, USA
Mitchell Spector
Copyright ©2012 Enchanted Learning, LLC

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