TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Green Heron Locust Tree Green Heron- Butoridea virescens Green Heron- Butoridea virescens, Family ARDEIDAE. This beauty was found in the Shaker Trace Wetlands in the Miami Whitewater Forest. It flew across the wetlands and landed in a locust tree. (Photo: April 30, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM, 1.4 Tele-extender) "Found in a variety of habitats, but prefers swamps, streams, ponds and marshes." 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.