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

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 flying over a marsh

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

Great Blue Heron Standing on a Log

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

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

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

A great blue heron standing alone in the salt marsh surrounded by fall colors

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

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.

common heron

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

A great blue heron backlit with water in the background.

A great blue heron fishing on the shoeline

Gray heron with its wings spread in wilderness.

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

European Grey Heron flying over Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, 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 perched on a fence

Grey heron has an eye on something to eat swimming in the pond

Great Blue Heron Hunting

Impressionistic hues of natural green bokeh water and subtle play of light and shadow grace Great Blue Heron photograph with moody look of a painting

Goliath heron (Ardea goliath)

Goliath Heron, ardea goliath, Adult standing near Water, Baringo Lake in Kenya

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

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) wading in a pond at Ft. Myers, Florida. The Great Blue is the largest heron in the New World, and breeds from southern Canada to northern Mexico and Cuba and winters south to northern South America. This orange reflection in this photo is from buildings in the background.

White-necked Heron by a pond

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