Great blue heron (Ardea herodias). 

The big heron with an awkward squawk.  

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

• Great Blue Heron call 1 by  William Evans (ML505860)
• Great Blue Heron call 2 by  William Evans (ML505863)

Sources and more: 

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-blue-heron
• Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.