smuqw’a’

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: smuqw’a’

Taxon Name: Ardea herodias

“Common” Name: Northwest Coast Great Blue Heron

Cultural Values:

medicinal

spiritual

material

trade

indicator

Ecological Community: Forests, Anthropogenic

Wikipedia summary:
The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is occasionally found in the Azores and is

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Observational Data:
First reported: 2017-05-25
Source: iNat
Last reported: 2018-05-23
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 2