Mar 312013
 
Great Blue Heron - Near the Rookery

Great Blue Herons photographed in and around the rookery located in Village Creek Drying Beds, Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Mar 2, 2013 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Cold (less than 50°F/10°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Bog/Marsh/Swamp Type of Behavior – Various Gender – Uncertain

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Mar 112013
 
Great Blue Heron - Rookery Action

There is always a lot of activity at a Great Blue Heron rookery. These photographs record just some of the action at the Village Creek Drying Beds rookery. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Feb 3, 2013 Time of Day – Midmorning Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat -

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Mar 072013
 
Great Blue Heron - Nests

Great Blue Herons nesting at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Feb 23, 2013 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Water-Bog/Marsh/Swamp Type of Behavior – Nesting Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris

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Feb 112013
 
Great Blue Heron - Dinnertime

Many Great Blue Herons have been through the Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Hutchins, Texas. The birds come into the center injured or orphaned, and the staff diligently nurses them back to health. When fully recuperated, the rehabbed herons are released back into the wild. They are set free to once again make their way

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Jan 182013
 
Great Blue Heron - Snow Day

A Great Blue Heron, along with a collection of Mallards, on the day after Christmas snow storms blew through the North Texas area. Observation Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Dec 26, 2012 Time of Day – Morning Temperature – Cold (less than 50°F/10°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of

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Nov 182012
 
Great Blue Heron - Fishing the Spillway

A Great Blue Heron photographed at the White Rock Lake spillway. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Oct 20, 2012 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Hunting Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris Jackson Main

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Oct 212012
 
Great Blue Heron - Close to Home

A Great Blue Heron observed in Carrollton’s Nob Hill Greenbelt Park. Observation Details County – Denton City – Carrollton Date – Oct 16, 2011 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Roaming Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris Jackson Main

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Oct 192012
 
Great Blue Heron - VCDB

A Great Blue Heron observed flying over the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Oct 7, 2012 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Overcast Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Flying Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer

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Sep 152012
 
Great Blue Heron - Dead Lake, Dead Bird

Lemmon Lake could not stand against the long hot Texas summer this year. The brutal heat completely evaporated this small lake in the Joppa Preserve over just a matter of weeks. Left behind was a long, barren mud flat that soon became crisscrossed with a menagerie-representing collection of animal tracks. Feral Hogs, Bobcats, Coyotes, Skunks,

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