Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Though only rarely found outside their normal range, the Green Heron is a native to North and Central America. On the North American west coast they are resident year-round throughout most of California. But they will summer along the Pacific slope zone as far north as southern British Columbia. We do not expect these birds in the inter-mountain states, but are common breeders in the eastern USA from the Mississippi Valley to the eastern seaboard.
Green Herons are among the few bird species to use tools. We have observed them dropping sticks, bread, and other floating material in shallow water to lure in fish. When their curious prey come within striking distance, the herons secure their meal.
In the early 1900s, studies by Harry Oberholser called out 18 subspecies. Today, that number has reduced to four subspecies. The debate over this taxonomy continues to this day.
- B. v. anthonyi – Breeds in central and eastern USA, from North Dakota and Texas and east to southeastern Canada, south to Panama and the Caribbean
- B. v. bahamensis – Lives in the Bahamas
- B. v. frazari – Southern Baja California Peninsula (Mexico)
- B. v. virescens – Breeds from southeastern Canada to central and southern US east of the Rocky Mountains, and winters from southern USA to northern South America.
Most of my meetings with these small herons have been in Southern California. During my first visit to Texas in the spring of 2020, I had a rewarding encounter with Green Herons while visiting Aransas NWR on the Central Gulf coast. Then, in 2021, while visiting the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, I met them while they were nesting in Black Mangrove trees.
56 Photos
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Dairymart Ponds, in the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:13 11:06 |
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Location:
Tijuana River Regional Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X9487-GreenHeron-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Dairymart Ponds, in the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:13 11:11 |
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Location:
Tijuana River Regional Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X9520-GreenHeron-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Birds in the estuary near the mouth of the San Dieguito River in Del Mar California USA 2010-08-09. |
Date Taken: 2010:08:09 9:25 |
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Location:
San Dieguito River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: JCD5062.GreenHeron.FirstSummer |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Birds in the estuary near the mouth of the San Dieguito River in Del Mar California USA 2010-08-09. |
Date Taken: 2010:08:09 9:25 |
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Location:
San Dieguito River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: Cut_JCD5062.GreenHeron.FirstSummer |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Famosa Slough. Northern Point Loma, San Diego, California. |
Date Taken: 2004:10:29 12:18 |
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Location:
Famosa Slough |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD_1763GreenHeron |
| © 2004 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: (Butorides virescens) Foraging along the margins of the Tijuana River. Extreme South West San Diego County, California USA 2003-10-03. |
Date Taken: 2003:10:03 9:34 |
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Location:
Nestor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD_3185GreenHeron |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: (Butorides virescens) Foraging along the margins of the Tijuana River. Extreme South West San Diego County, California USA 2003-10-03. |
Date Taken: 2003:10:03 9:38 |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD_3199GreenHeron |
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Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: (Butorides virescens) Foraging along the margins of the Tijuana River. Extreme South West San Diego County, California USA 2003-10-03. |
Date Taken: 2003:10:03 9:55 |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/180 |
File Name: JCD_3233GreenHeron |
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Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: One of my favirite encounters this day was this bird. I drove to Aransas NWR late Saturday, but my first serious explorations were on Sunday, when I fell in love with Heron Flats, though my explorations carried me all the way to the "Big Tree" tower. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:15 10:54 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 420 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D500068-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: One of my favirite encounters this day was this bird. I drove to Aransas NWR late Saturday, but my first serious explorations were on Sunday, when I fell in love with Heron Flats, though my explorations carried me all the way to the "Big Tree" tower. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:15 10:59 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 440 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D500113-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: One of my favirite encounters this day was this bird. I drove to Aransas NWR late Saturday, but my first serious explorations were on Sunday, when I fell in love with Heron Flats, though my explorations carried me all the way to the "Big Tree" tower. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:15 17:28 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D501354-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons provided me with unusually clear views while they captured their dinner or rested between meals. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 12:12 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X0727SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons provided me with unusually clear views while they captured their dinner or rested between meals. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 11:53 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X0566SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: I always enjoy meeting Green Herons. My trip to South Padre Island this day started slowly, but picked up nicely before the day finished. The Convention Centre delivered wonderful birds, as it often will. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:16 14:31 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3139-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Dairymart Ponds, in the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:13 11:08 |
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Location:
Tijuana River Regional Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X9508-GreenHeron-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons had eggs in their nests and were especially feisty. With a momentary lull in warbler migration on South Padre Island, I paid my admission to the Birds and Nature Center to attempt catching subjects that don’t make many appearances at the Convention Centre. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:08 14:40 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2581-SPI_BirdNatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons had pale blue eggs in their nests and were especially feisty. With a momentary lull in warbler migration on South Padre Island, I paid my admission to the Birds and Nature Center to attempt catching subjects that don’t make many appearances at the Convention Centre. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:08 12:07 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2495-SPI_BirdNatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons had eggs in their nests and were especially feisty. With a momentary lull in warbler migration on South Padre Island, I paid my admission to the Birds and Nature Center to attempt catching subjects that don’t make many appearances at the Convention Centre. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:08 12:05 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2468-SPI_BirdNatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Defending its territory. Green Herons had eggs in their nests and were especially feisty. With a momentary lull in warbler migration on South Padre Island, I paid my admission to the Birds and Nature Center to attempt catching subjects that don’t make many appearances at the Convention Centre. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:08 10:39 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2152-SPI_BirdNatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 10:36 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2235_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 10:39 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2266_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 15:37 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X2599_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 17:33 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3152_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 17:38 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3280_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 17:38 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3311_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 17:39 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3358_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 17:37 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3240_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: When I last visited the SPI Birding and Nature Center (2021-04-08), I saw Green Herons sitting on eggs. I wanted to return and see how the families were doing. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:27 17:37 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X3227_SPI-NatureCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 15:30 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X7045_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:11 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/750 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6982_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:11 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6977_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:10 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6923_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:09 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6888_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: My lucky first-thing-in-the-morning meeting lasted only a few minutes at the Colusa NWR east of Williams California. |
Date Taken: 2019:07:31 8:35 |
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Location:
Colusa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X0169-ColusaNWR |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:11 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6959_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:10 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6935_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile Green Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:08 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504246-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile Green Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:07 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504215-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile Green Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:07 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504208-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: I enjoyed the company of both adult and juvenile Green Herons in most areas of the marsh and mangroves along the Laguna Madre Trail. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:05 11:05 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8508658-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons nest in the mangroves here during the spring, and many of those I met were products of the recent nesting season. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:03 12:08 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8508267-SPI-BirdNatureCenter |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons nest in the mangroves here during the spring, and many of those I met were products of the recent nesting season. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:03 12:06 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8508239-SPI-BirdNatureCenter |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons nest in the mangroves here during the spring, and many of those I met were products of the recent nesting season. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:03 8:51 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8507660-SPI-BirdNatureCenter |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: This immature Green Heron was probably hatched this spring in nests built in nearby mangroves. My first day on South Padre Island was as much about catching up with friends in south Texas as it was about visiting with its birds. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:01 12:22 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8506944-SPI.NatureCenter |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: I found adult and juvenile Green Herons on the west shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:17 11:26 |
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Location:
West Line Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504482-Anahuac.NWR_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons provided me with unusually clear views while they captured their dinner or rested between meals. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 12:34 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X0859SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons provided me with unusually clear views while they captured their dinner or rested between meals. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 12:05 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X0685SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Dairymart Ponds, in the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:13 11:17 |
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Location:
Tijuana River Regional Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X9535-GreenHeron-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons were one of several wading birds we met during our afternoon boating adventure on the Rio Grande. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:25 17:11 |
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Location:
Rio Grande River Ride |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8506626-RioGrandeBoatRide |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons will soon begin nesting in these mangroves at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:17 14:18 |
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Location:
South Padre Island |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: GreenHeron_Z9X7328_SPI-BirdingNatureCenter |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Heron at the San Dieguito Slough in Del Mar. San Diego County California 2012-01-31. |
Date Taken: 2012:01:31 8:49 |
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Location:
San Dieguito Slough |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X6486-GreenHeron |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar California. San Diego County USA 2012-04-10. |
Date Taken: 2012:04:10 14:00 |
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Location:
San Dieguito Lagoon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X0199-GreenHeron |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Birds in the estuary near the mouth of the San Dieguito River in Del Mar California USA 2010-08-09. |
Date Taken: 2010:08:09 9:23 |
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Location:
San Dieguito River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: JCD5043.GreenHeron.FirstSummer |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: It had been only about a week since I last visited the nesting Green Herons, and they’d grown so fast. Newer nests now sported young, hungry babies. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:06 14:10 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X6907_SPI-BirdAndNatureCTR |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Dairymart Ponds, in the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:13 11:17 |
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Location:
Tijuana River Regional Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X9537-GreenHeron-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Green Herons provided me with unusually clear views while they captured their dinner or rested between meals. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 11:13 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_D5X0413SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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