A young Green Heron, Butorides virescens, sitting on a branch in the Cypress swamp at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Fort Myers, Florida. The blue green coloring on the head and beak and rust color breast are the traditional colors seen with the Green Heron. This species is very common and lives in wetlands and along the edges of swamps, mostly in shallow water. It feeds on small fish, aquatic insects, fogs, tadpoles and other small swamp wildlife.

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