Heron (Great Blue Heron)

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Great Blue Heron

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Author: Genki

Keywords: real birds, wading bird

Date Released: Oct 9 2009

Current gcGrBlueHeron.ztd dated 20 August 2009

File Size: 686.65k

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: The largest and most widespread heron in North America, the Great Blue Heron can be found along the ocean shore or the edge of a small inland pond.

Although the Great Blue Heron eats primarily fish, it is adaptable and willing to eat other animals as well. Several studies have found that voles (mice) were a very important part of the diet, making up nearly half of what was fed to nestlings in Idaho. Occasionally a heron will choke to death trying to eat a fish that is too large to swallow.

Nests in colonies, sometimes as lone pair. Nest a large platform of sticks, lined with pine needles, moss, reeds, dry grass, or twigs. Placed high in trees, occasionally on ground.

Source: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_B...ron/lifehistory

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Additional info:

gcGrBlueHeron.ztd                 uca: DE2C3026 dated 20 August 2009

Results From Configuration Checking:

de2c3026.uca date: Thu Aug 20 18:45:28 2009
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Animal Type: DE2C3026

Great Blue Heron

The largest and most widespread heron in North America, the Great Blue Heron
can be found along the ocean shore or the edge of a small inland pond.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: North America
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 90.
Animal can swim in water terrain.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree, Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Maple Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Thornless Mesquite Tree
Yew Tree, Birch Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree, Trembling Aspen Tree
Globe Willow Tree, Japanese Maple Tree, Deciduous Bush, Tall Grass
Water Lily, Water Reed, Weeping Willow Tree, White Oak Tree
Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree, Pine Bush, Club Moss Shrub (DD)
Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Bald Cypress Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD)
Gingko Tree (DD), Glossopteris Tree (DD), Horsetail (DD)
Lepidodendron Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)
Sea Anemone (MM), Barnacles (MM), Beach Grass (MM), Brittle Sea Star (MM)
Clam Bed (MM), Orange Cup Coral (MM), Divercate Tree Coral (MM)
Feather Duster Worm (MM), Fire Coral (MM), Kelp (MM), Sea Lettuce (MM)
Red Gorgonian (MM), Sargassum (MM), Sand Dollar (MM), Sea Cucumber (MM)
Sea Star (MM), Seaweed (MM), Sea Grass (MM), Sea Sponge (MM)
Stove Pipe Sponge (MM), Tube Worm (MM), Purple Sea Urchin (MM), Bonsai (CC)
Snowbell Tree (CC)

Rocks:
Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Medium Aquatic Rock (DD), Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)
Small Ocean Floor Rock (MM), Medium Coral Formation (MM)
Large Ocean Floor Rock (MM), Medium Ocean Floor Rock (MM)
Large Coral Formation (MM), Iceberg (MM), Isle Rock (MM)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-20 with 15 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 30 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 30 grid squares):
11 Grass, 2 Sand, 3 Dirt, 9 Fresh Water, 5 Coniferous Floor

Foliage (for exhibit with 30 grid squares):
3 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Lodgepole Pine Tree
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 3 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 30 grid squares):
2 Small Ocean Floor Rock (MM), which is its most liked rock.