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Green Heron
| Color: |
Brown, Green |
| Size: |
18" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
Arkansas' smallest heron. Stocky with a dark green back and crown, and dark rufous neck. |
| Voice: |
A sharp skeow.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Usually wooded streams and ponds, also feeds on open bodies of water like flooded agricultural fields and borrow pits. |
| Interesting Fact: |
The Green Heron is one of the few tool-using birds. It sometimes drops bait onto the surface of the water and grabs the small fish that are attracted. It uses a variety of baits and lures, including crusts of bread, insects, earthworms, twigs, and feathers. |
| Scientific name: |
Butorides virescens |
| Order: |
Ciconiiformes |
| Family: |
Ardeidae |
Adult Ben Meadors |
Juvenile Nick Anich |
Nest Dan Scheiman |
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