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Camera location Le Grand Heron.jpg	45°33′27.08″N, 73°53′36.46″W 45.5575222222;-73.8934611111	This and other geocoded Commons images: Google Maps Google Earth	(Info)

Description	Français : Grand Héron (Ardea herodias) en pêchant. English: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) fishing. Українська: Велика чапля (Ardea herodias) ловить рибу
Source	travail personnel
Date	19-10-07
Author	Acarpentier
Permission (Reusing this image)	Made by   Alain Carpentier ( talk , www ) I, Acarpentier, the copyright holder of this work, has published or hereby publishes it under the following licenses: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation license". Aragonés | العربية | Asturianu | Български | বাংলা | ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী | Brezhoneg | Bosanski | Català | Cebuano | Česky | Dansk | Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Esperanto | Español | Eesti | Euskara | فارسی | Suomi | Français | Gaeilge | Galego | עברית | Hrvatski | Magyar | Bahasa Indonesia | Ido | Íslenska | Italiano | 日本語 | ქართული | ភាសាខ្មែរ | 한국어 | Kurdî / كوردی | Latina | Lëtzebuergesch | Lietuvių | Bahasa Melayu | Nnapulitano | Nederlands | ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬ | ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ | Occitan | Polski | Português | Română | Русский | Slovenčina | Slovenščina | Shqip | Српски / Srpski | Svenska | తెలుగు | ไทย | Türkçe | Українська | اردو | Tiếng Việt | Volapük | Yorùbá | ‪中文(中国大陆)‬ | ‪中文(台灣)‬ | +/- This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. In short: you are free to distribute and modify the file as long as you attribute its author(s) or licensor(s). Official license Català | Česky | Deutsch | English | Ελληνικά | Español | Français | 한국어 | Italiano | עברית | Lietuvių | Magyar | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Русский | Türkçe | ‪中文(繁體)‬ | +/- You may select the license of your choice.
Other versions	Fishing again Stretching Wing pose

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for January 02, 2008. It was captioned as followed: English: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) fishing. Afrikaans: Groot Bloureier (Ardea herodias) besig om vis te vang. العربية: طائر مالك الحزين (فصيلة Ardea herodias) يقوم بالصيد. Asturianu: Garza Azulada (Ardea Herodias) pescando. Беларуская: Чапля Ardea herodias ловіць рыбу. Česky: Volavka velká (Ardea herodias) lovící ryby Cymraeg: Crëyr Mawr Glas (Ardea herodias) yn pysgota. Deutsch: Ein Kanadareiher (Ardea herodias) beim Fischen English: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) fishing. Esperanto: Granda Blua Pokero (Ardea herodias) fiŝkaptado. Español: Garza ceniza (Ardea herodias) pescando. Suomi: Amerikanharmaahaikara (Ardea herodias) kalastamassa Français : Grand Héron (Ardea herodias) pêchant. Magyar: Halászó királygém Íslenska: Gráhegri (Ardea herodias). Italiano: Airone azzurro maggiore (Ardea herodias). 日本語: 魚を捕らえたオオアオサギ（Ardea herodias） 한국어: 고기잡는 큰왜가리(Ardea herodias). Nederlands: Amerikaanse blauwe reiger (Ardea herodias) bezig met vissen Polski: Polująca czapla modra (Ardea herodias). Português: Uma garça-azul da espécie Ardea herodias, pescando. Русский: Большая голубая цапля (Ardea herodias) за ловлей рыбы. Svenska: Amerikansk gråhäger (Ardea herodias) som fångar fisk. Українська: Велика чапля (Ardea herodias) ловить рибу ‪中文(简体)‬: 正在捉鱼的大蓝鹭 （Ardea herodias） ‪中文(繁體)‬: 正在捕魚的大藍鷺（Ardea herodias）

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