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

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	RELATED IMAGES Head of a Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron A Heron for Valentine's Day Great Blue Heron Standing Head of a Great Blue Heron, with Open Beak A Great Blue Heron Taking Off A Great Blue Heron in Flight, Wings Outstretched Heron or Pterosaur? A Great Blue Heron with a Fish It Just Caught Heron Before Dawn Juvenile Green Heron A Close-Up of a Great Blue Heron A Great Blue Heron in Flight Aesop's Inspiration? Great Blue Heron on a Fall Day Great Blue Heron near Seattle Great Blue Heron Reflected in Lake Washington A Great Blue Heron on a Flowery Summer Day A Great Blue Heron, Just in Flight