TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Green Heron Green Heron- Butoridea virescens Green Heron- Butoridea virescens, Family ARDEIDAE. Found in a variety of habitats, but prefers swamps, streams, ponds and marshes. This beauty was found at Spring Valley in SW Ohio. (photo: July, 2004) More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Green_Heron.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.