Great blue heron at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

A large gray- and blue-colored bird with long, slender legs wades in a mucky wetland with a small fish in its bill

Photo By/Credit

Steve Mulder

Date Shot/Created

07/24/2014

Media Usage Rights/License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0

Image

A great blue heron snags a meal at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Facility

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Wetland

Recreational Activity

Species

Subject tags

Birds

Ecotourism

Wildlife refuges

Wildlife viewing

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