Herons, Egrets & Bitterns

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) & Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ed Levin County Park, California

This image of a Great Blue Heron startled by a Redwinged Blackbird graces the cover of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory 2014 Annual Report.

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