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Great Blue Heron Standing on a Log

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

Selective focus on a Great blue heron in a pond, Ardea Herodias

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 hunting by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Great Blue Heron in flight above Illinois Michigan Canal on a sunny Spring day

A great blue heron in Quebec's boreal forest in the spring.

Great blue heron flying over a marsh

A Great Blue Heron with wings spread wide flies back to the nest with wet nest building materials. An adult Great Blue Heron against native grasses and cattails along the Viera wetland. The birds build nests with various decaying material to add structure to the next. A Florida bird natural history image in vibrant color.

great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in spring

A great blue heron backlit with water in the background.

A great blue heron perched on a log in the middle of a lake is seconds away from flight. Taken near Blairstown, NJ with a Nikon D100.

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Great Blue Heron amongs reedbeds in a mountain wetland, British Columbia Canada

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) walking in marsh on the Connecticut coast in April. At Hammonasset Beach State Park.

A great blue heron hiding in the salt marsh

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

Familiar pose for the great blue heron as it stands on one leg perched on a stone in mid-river

A Great Blue Heron standing in a lake with lots of room for copy.

A great blue heron fishing on the shoeline

Great Blue Heron beside small stream of fresh water standing sideways with mouth wide open

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron bird hunting

Gray heron with its wings spread in wilderness.

Closeup image of a Great Blue Heron soaring over the water and marshland at Pleasure House Point Natural Area in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

European Grey Heron flying over Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

This image shows a wild Great Blue Heron Ardea Herodias standing in wetland marsh landscape.

a Heron searches for food near the gulf coast of Texas

Great Blue Heron Side View

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), perched on a branch over a swamp in the forest, standing on one leg.

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