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Karen Graham, Beverley Collier, Michael Bradstreet, Brian Collins, Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Populations in Ontario: Data from and Insights on the Use of Volunteers, Colonial Waterbirds, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1996), pp. 39-44
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