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LARKFEN FIELD GUIDE · FIELD TEEPLATE 01 · LF-PATCH-001
The full specimen plate prints large across the back; a
pocket accession label sits at the chest — species, binomial, plate & band number, the way a real garment is
marked. Garment-dyed Comfort Colors 1717. The study it is issued from is the
full Plate 01 account.
ORDER PELECANIFORMES · FAMILY ARDEIDAE · AOU GBHE · BAND NO. LF-PATCH-001
PLATE 01 · the back print · shown on the Bay colorway
THE PLATE SHIPS LARGE · THE TEE CARRIES THE RECORD
LARKFEN FIELD GUIDE · LF-PATCH-001PLATE 01a · FIELD ISSUE
§ The study, issued for the field
The study is the back print
The full study prints across the back; the accession label sits at the chest. Hover (or drag) to read the print under the loupe; tap the inset to flip front ↔ back.
Pick a colorway · hover / drag either image to zoom · tap the inset to flip
The tee carries the chest spec-label — species, binomial, plate & band number — at pocket scale,
the way a real garment is marked, not a giant bird across the front. The full bird lives on the
framed edition below.
THE PLATE SHIPS LARGE · THE TEE CARRIES THE RECORD
LARKFEN FIELD GUIDE — The colorwaysPLATE 01b · GARMENT
§ One plate, three garments
Drawn for the cloth it prints on
The heron is the one plate issued in three colorways — the print is tuned to the garment it sits on. Same record, three faces. (Choose your colorway at checkout.)
3 colorways CC 1717
BACK · FULL PLATEIVORY
Ivory
dark-ink plate on cream
CC 1717 Ivory$44
BACK · FULL PLATEBAY
Bay
tonal cream plate on slate-green
CC 1717 Bay$44
BACK · FULL PLATEPEPPER
Pepper
tonal cream plate on washed charcoal
CC 1717 Pepper$44
A faithful read of the garment — the full study plate is the back print, a small accession label sits at the chest. No compositing, no invented detail.
MADE TO ORDER · COMFORT COLORS 1717 · REDLINED BEFORE SHIPPING
LARKFEN FIELD GUIDE — Mensural dataPLATE 01c · THE RECORD
§ The species account · six-block lattice
Everything we verified, in order
The same record the chest label is drawn from — measurements, field marks, voice, range, status and the wearer's own observation block. Every figure pulled from primary references and redlined before it ships.
6 blocks · A–F Verified 2026-06-14
AMeasurements
Mensural
Length
97–137 cm
Standing
115–138 cm
Wingspan
167–201 cm
Mass
1.82–3.6 kg
Wing chord
430–490 mm
BField marks
Diagnostic
Bill
heavy yellow dagger
Neck
sinuous grey S-curve
Head
white crown, black plume
Shoulder
chestnut at wing bend
Legs
long, dark, trailing
CVoice
Calls
Alarm
harsh frahnk
Foraging
go-go-go clucks
Display
roh-roh squawks
Recorded calls cross-checked against Cornell · BoW.
DRange & habitat
Where
Habitat
wetland margin · shore
Forage zone
shallow water · mudflat
Range
widespread, N. America
Movement
resident → partial migrant
EStatus & life history
Living
IUCN
Least Concern
On the patch
resident, all seasons
Nesting
colonial stick rookery
Clutch
3–5 eggs
Lifespan
~15 yr (to ~23 wild)
FObservation & provenance
The wearer's record
Obs. date
__ / __ / ____
Locality
__________
Sources
Cornell · BoW · IUCN
Verified
2026-06-14
Redline
☑ accepted
Blocks left blank are yours to fill — the garment is a working field notebook.
LARKFEN FIELD GUIDE — The data behind the platePLATE 01c·v · INSTRUMENTS
§ The record, drawn as instruments
The data behind the plate
The same verified record the back print is drawn from — read the way the field guide reads it: where the heron lives across the year, how it measures against the rest of the guide, its annual cycle, and where it stands on the IUCN list. Ranges, not means.
4 instruments Ardea herodias
Ardea herodiasSeasonal range — North America
Residentyear-round
Breedingsummer only
Nonbreedingwinter only
Passagemigration only
Rarevagrant
No datanot surveyed
Body Mensuration · 3 SpecimensSHARED-AXIS RANGE · LF-VIZ-MEASURE
Specimen keyGreat Blue HeronCommon RavenNorthern Cardinal
Total Lengthbill tip → tail tip · cm
HeronArdea herodias97–137cm
RavenCorvus corax56–69cm
CardinalCardinalis cardinalis21–23.5cm
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Wingspantip → tip · cm
HeronArdea herodias167–201cm
RavenCorvus corax116–150cm
CardinalCardinalis cardinalis25–31cm
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Body Massadult · g
HeronArdea herodias2000–3600g
RavenCorvus corax690–1,630g
CardinalCardinalis cardinalis42–48g
01000200030004000
Wingspan to scale · 0 → 210 cm
Great Blue Heron201 cm
Common Raven150 cm
Northern Cardinal31 cm
Bar = published min–max range; ticks mark the extremesAxis is per-metric, shared across all three specimens · IUCN Least Concern
Phase
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
PresentEncounter freq.
BreedingNest active
EggsIn clutch
MigrationN. pop. passage
Intensitylowhigh
Absent (recorded zero)
No data
Reading the grid. Cell shade is an ordinal bin (eBird bar-chart convention) on a perceptually-uniform sage→deep-green ramp; darker = more activity. Diagonal hatch = recorded absent; flat warm-gray with a ringed dot = no survey data. Present year-round with a spring breeding peak; eggs Mar–Jun (laying peak May); northern populations on passage in spring and fall.
Status & population trend
Status & TrendLF-TREND-001
LCLeast Concern
LC · NT · VU · EN · CR
Great Blue Heron — N. AmericaStable
±0%net / decade
197019952019
DeclineIncrease
Source · USGS BBS / PIFWingspan 167–201 cm · Mass 1.82–3.6 kg · largely resident
FOUR INSTRUMENTS · RANGES NOT MEANS · SOURCES CORNELL · BOW · IUCN · USGS
LARKFEN FIELD GUIDE — ConservationPLATE 01d · 5% TO CORNELL LAB
5%
The patch is worth keeping.
5% of net sales goes to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology — the people behind eBird and Merlin, the citizen-science record these plates are built on. The Great Blue Heron is IUCN Least Concern; many of the wetlands it hunts are not.
