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Close Encounter with a Blue Heron next to the Water's Edge

A Great Blue Heron reflected in a pond. Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, marsh

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird common near open water and wetlands in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is the largest of the heron family native to North America. Blue herons are distinguished by slate-blue colored flight feathers, long legs and a long neck which is curved in flight. The face and head are white with black stripes. The long-pointed bill is a dull yellow. The great blue heron is found throughout most of North America from Alaska through Florida, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. East of the Rocky Mountains herons are migratory and winter in the coastal areas of the Southern United States, Central America, or northern South America. Great blue herons thrive in almost any wetland habitat and rarely venture far from the water. The blue heron spends most of its waking hours hunting for food. The primary food in their diet is small fish. It is also known to feed opportunistically on other small prey such as shrimp, crabs, aquatic insects, rodents, small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Herons hunt for their food and locate it by sight. Their long legs allow them to feed in deeper waters than other waders are able to. The common hunting technique is to wade slowly through the water and spear their prey with their long, sharp bill. They usually swallow their catch whole. The great blue heron breeds in colonies called rookeries, located close to lakes and wetlands. They build their large nests high up in the trees. This heron was photographed while standing on a rock by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Great blue heron bird standing on the shore of a lake Ontario and fishing

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in Everglades National Park, Florida, Southern USA

A great blue heron backlit with water in the background.

Great Blue Heron close-up head shot with selective focus on the eye

Great Blue Heron, Port Alice, Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Egrets in the sun

Great blue heron, Widgeon Creek, BC, Canada

A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, standing on a bank of the Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, looking for prey. BC, Canada

Great blue heron, Sunnyvale bay trail, south San Francisco bay area, California

Heron hunting for food on the Sunshine Coast, BC.

Great Blue Heron in marsh and estuary

Great Blue Heron found in a small wetlands pond located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Great blue heron standing on a rock over the river in Montreal, Canada

A portrait of a Great Blue Heron in Pennsylvania, USA.

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Close Encounter with a Blue Heron next to the Water's Edge

Gray heron in the nature

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

A Great Blue Heron reflected in a pond. Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

Blue heron alert

Great Blue Heron hunting on the bank of a canal, Orange Beach, Alabama

Water birds resting on the island

Bird in the park

A great blue heron, on the edge of a lake, in autumn in the Laurentian forest.

Gray heron in the nature

Great Blue Heron waiting for fish

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