Blue Heron chicks released into wild

Heron Release
A young heron waits to be released back into the wild in Coon Rapids, Minn., on July 18, 2011. The refuge on Heron Island near North Mississippi Park, where the bird had been living was destroyed by a tornado on May 22, 2011. Between between 80 and 120 Great Blue Heron bird nests were located on the island refuge.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel

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