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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. August 2020.

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Agami Heron (Agamia agami), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Colombia

photograph by Andrés Posada

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Day 56: the worlds longest heron neck ever constellation

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can we pretend the trails of satellites in the sky are extra stars to add to my brand new constellation called "the worlds longest heron neck ever"? i could really use a wish right now

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The humble orb

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

It's easy for great blue herons to keep themselves clean; these birds have a built-in scrubbing powder! Specialized feathers on their chest fray as they grow, and herons use the resulting powder to clean themselves of oil and dirt when they preen.

(Image: A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) by Mike Baird)

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A muppet dinosaur

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Just found out my facebook birding group is public because my cousin (a lawyer who is not into birds) casually said to me “saw you couldn’t identify a willet the other day… pretty embarrassing”

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birds are the best thing in the whole entire universe hands down

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birds are the best thing in the whole entire universe hands down

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Spring Veil- limited edition print of original mixed media painting // DreamSquirrel

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アオサギ

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Heron-Shaped Figure Vase (Oil Vessel),c. 580 BCE, assigned to Robertson's Group, East Greek, probably Milesian. Ceramic.

Courtesy Alain Truong