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Little Blue Heron
Egretta Caerulea
By Christian
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Arcdeinae
Genus: Arcdeinae
Species: Egretta Caerulea
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Physical Description
The Little Blue Heron is a small dark bird that is about 63- 74 centimeters
in length. It can spread its wings about 1.04 mEgretts (Little Blue
Heron) usually feed during the day time hours. They are carnivores.
Their diet consists of fish, frogs, lizards, snakes, and turtles. They
also eat aquatic insects. The Little Blue Heron’s long legs enable them
to wade into the water where they walk slowly in the water in order to locate
there prey. they often have to rake there feet to see there prey.eters.
The sexes look the same but the young look very different from the adults.
An adult can be recognized by its long neck and maroonish color on its neck.
The rest is a plumish gray the long neck is usually in an “S” shape curve
while the bird is at rest or in flight the Herons slender bill curves slightly
downward and is also dark gray. But has a black tip.
Diet and Feeding Habits
Egretts (Little Blue Heron) usually feed during the day time
hours. They are carnivores. Their diet consists of fish,
frogs, lizards, snakes, and turtles. They also eat aquatic insects.
The Little Blue Heron’s long legs enable them to wade into the water where
they walk slowly in the water in order to locate there prey. they often
have to rake there feet to see there prey.
Reproduction
The pale blue green eggs of the heron are laid in April. They
can lay from 3-5 but on average. They lay 4-5. This process takes
about 5-8 days for one egg being laid every other day. Both sexes
incubate the egg until they hatch which is in 22-24 days and then quickly
take off the egg shells. It may take about 5 days for the egg to emerge.
Habitat
The Little Blue Heron (Egretta Caerulea) sometimes lives near
salt water
its mainly an inland bird they would rather have fresh water areas such
as ponds, lakes, marshes, swamps, and lagoons.
Role in the Ecosystem
Its niche in the ecosystem is it lives in the wetlands so it can get its
water and eat the animals their such as frogs. So can keep the population
leveled. it is not a Herbivore who eats plants or an Omnivore who eats plants
and meat. Its a Carnivore who eats just meat
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