The Green Heron is the most widely distributed and probably the most abundant wading bird in Tennessee. It is a small, stocky, dark colored heron found foraging along streams, and shorelines of ponds and lakes. It can be difficult to spot because it stands motionless, body lowered and stretched out horizontally, waiting for small fish to approach within striking range. It occupies freshwater habitats from southern Canada through Central America, avoiding the higher and drier areas of the continent, and winters in the southeastern United States, Central and northern South America.

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