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Little Blue Heron – by Brian Klecan

April 9, 2015admin
Delaware Bay & Estuary's Vital Statistics

Size: 793 square miles

Population: 285887
Source: U.S. Census

Land Use:
Source: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Land Cover data based on analysis of Landsat 30m resolution imagery.

States: DE

Counties: DE: New Castle, Kent and Sussex

Delaware Bay & Estuary's Wildlife
  • Whitetail Deer
  • Beaver
  • Wild Turkey
  • Canada Goose
  • Northern Bobwhite Quail
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Snowy Egret
  • Cattle Egret
  • Yellow Crowned Night Heron
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Green Heron
  • Cerulean Warber
  • Barred Owl
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Blue-faced Meadowfly
  • Blackwater Bluet
  • Blue Corporal
  • Delmarva Fox Squirrel
  • Bald Eagle
  • Red Knot
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
  • Horseshoe Crab
  • Bottlenose Dolphin
  • Diamondback Terrapin

Photos by: Chris Bennett

Delaware Bay & Estuary's Environmental Concerns
  • Animal Operations
  • Combined Sewer Overflows
  • Dredge Spoils (Confined Disposal Facilities)
  • Hazardous Waste Generators
  • Landfills and Dumps
  • Large On-Site Septic Systems
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) outfalls
  • Pesticide Loading
  • Mixing
  • and Storage Facilities
  • Salvage Yards
  • Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) State and Federal Superfund Sites
  • Sludge Application Fields
  • Spray Irrigation Fields
  • Tire Piles
  • Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Locations
  • Underground Storage Tank (UST) Facilities
Delaware Bay & Estuary's Publications
  • Publications by watershed
Delaware Bay & Estuary's Watershed Partners
  • Appoquinimink River Association
  • Blackbird Creek Reserve
  • Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
  • Delaware Nature Society
  • Delaware River Basin Commission
  • Forest Service State Forests
  • Friends of the Delaware Bay
  • Murderkill River Study Group
  • Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
  • Primehook National Wildlife Refuge
  • The Nature Conservancy

In Partnership With:

This website was created in partnership with DNREC, Division of Watershed Stewardship and the University of Delaware Water Resources Center.

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