green heron
butorides virescens latin

A green heron landed on top of a stump and paused.

But to date, only the green herons have decided to raise a brood here, experts said.

Green herons are one of the few species of animal known to use tools.

Several varieties of water birds visit the pond, including mallards and green herons.

"We once saw a peregrine falcon kill a green heron and eat it for lunch."

When a fish takes the bait, the green heron will then grab and eat the fish.

How to discover a fly-up-the-creek, the little green heron that hid for protection on river banks.

The habitat of the Green Heron is small wetlands in low-lying areas.

Sometimes - particularly in the tropical parts of its range - the Green Heron breeds twice a year.

A green heron lives on the pond, as does a vast springtime choir of tiny frogs.

Bird watchers had never seen a pair of green herons nesting in the park in the 100 years they have kept records.

Video of a Green Heron fishing.

At the bay shore, a little green heron flies west on quick, irregular wingbeats, silhouetted against the developing sunset.

Two other birds, in addition to the blue bird and scarlet ibis can be seen in the composition, one of which resembles a green heron.

Green Herons are intolerant of other birds - including conspecifics - when feeding and are not seen to forage in groups.

"A green heron landed on a snag upstream, and another landed on one downstream.

Green Herons are seasonally monogamous.

The site is one of the least salty, supporting hearty waterfowl like white pelicans, green herons and pie-billed grebes.

A nest of green herons has been discovered in a pin oak tree at Central Park, not a place one expects to find the wading birds.

Other island birds include the cocoa thrush, the crested hummingbird, the green heron and the red-capped green tanager.

(Green herons in the Ramble.)

Songbirds, mallards, wood ducks, green herons and great blue herons feed and nest all along the trail.

Among the birds seen at Caneel have been brown boobies, green herons, red-tailed hawks, green-throated hummingbirds and grey kingbirds.

This is a geographically widespread species and bait fishing has been recorded among green herons in North America, Africa and Japan.

The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America.

Heron species include, the Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) and the fairly rare Green Heron (Butorides virescens).

It contains three similar species, the Green Heron or Green-backed Heron, Butorides virescens, the Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli), and the Striated Heron, Butorides striatus.