A Great Blue Heron prepares to take flight from a deck railing on the beach in Indian Rocks, Florida by the Gulf of Mexico

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Florida, USA
Photo credit: © Judith Bicking / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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