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  <dc:contributor>M.S. Kaiser</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>K. R. Niethammer</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1983</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax violaceus), Little Blue Herons (Egretta caerulea), and Green-backed Herons (Butorides striatus) collected in northeastern Louisiana from July-September 1980 exhibited different diets.  Yellow-crowned Night-Herons fed mostly on crayfish (74% by weight) and Green-backed Herons fed primarily on fish (93% by weight).  The diet of Little Blue Herons was diverse, including fish (61%), crustaceans (11%), insects (13%), and arachnids (14%).  Yellow-crowned Night-Herons captured larger prey than did either of the smaller herons.  Green-backed Herons took larger prey and a greater range of prey sizes than did the larger Little Blue Herons.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.2307/1520982</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Waterbird Society</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Late summer food habits of three heron species in northeastern Louisiana</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>