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Green Heron
Latin Name: Butorides virescens
Size: 16" - 22"
Color: Black head with back and wings a greyish green or greyish blue. Legs
are bright orange.
Voice: Sharp barks and squawks.
Habitat: Freshwater marshes and lakes.
Range: Common west of Texas to the Atlantic coast, and also along the southwest
through New Mexico and Arizona to California.
Bird feeder? Feeds mainly on fish around the shores of lakes, not a seed eating
bird.
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The Green Heron is a small heron, around the size of a crow. It spends much of its time
hunting around ponds or rivers in the muddy areas, where it will look for frogs or
fish, moving cautiously and snapping its bill quickly. Green herons will often be seen
sitting in trees or sometimes on small bridges close to a quiet stream, where it will
either walk along the shore or make short flights from tree branch to tree branch,
searching the waterline for its food.
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- Read the Latest News from the Birding Sonoma County Blog -
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Tomales Bay State Park Closure - One Upset Birder
January 22, 2008, Point Reyes, CA
Governor Schwarzenegger is planning to close our beautiful, sacred Tomales Bay State Park
in Marin County along with 42 other desperately-needed and exuberantly cherished state
parks throughout California. Closing all of these wonderful parks would not even take us
1% in the direction of being back in the black. And think of what will have been lost. Read Article »
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Bay Area Oil Spill A Disaster For Birds
November 11, 2007, Kenwood, CA
When the Cosco Busan crashed into the Bay Bridge, every birder I know immediately thought
of what this disaster would mean for the birds. In addition to our beloved birds, whales
will be swimming through the oil, as will seals, sea lions and other marine mammals. West
Marin is one of my favorite places on earth, and to see it thus spoiled fills me with
sorrow and anger. Read Article »
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Bewick's Wren - A hidden Bay Area bird worth seeking!
October 7, 2007, Glen Ellen, CA
Today, we'll turn our gaze on Bewick's Wren, Thryomanes bewickii, one of the larger
SF Bay Area Wrens. Bewick's Wren, like most wrens, will instantly strike you as being
'all-tail'. Identification clue number one for wrens is that they tend to hold their tails
up-turned, as if in proud of their lovely plumes. Read Article »
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The White-crowned Sparrow has returned!
September 24, 2007, Kenwood, CA
This trusty little bird disappeared when the weather heated up, early in the year, heading
north to cooler Canada. Just this afternoon, my husband called me to the window excitedly.
There, at the foot of the photinia hedge, a lone White-crowned Sparrow was hopping humbly
through the green grass. Read Article »
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