Great White Heron (Plate 281) by John James Audubon, 1827–1838, framed print

Great White Heron (Plate 281)

John James Audubon, 1827–1838

Birds

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.

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