
Great White Heron (Plate 281)
John James Audubon, 1827–1838
Plate 281 of John James Audubon's The Birds of America, engraved by Robert Havell in London. A Great White Heron holds a fish in its bill, with a low view of Key West behind it. Audubon saw these herons on his 1832 trip to the Florida Keys. This copy belongs to the University of Pittsburgh.





