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Great Blue Heron, on wooden pier in Indialantic, Florida (USA).

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

Great Blue Heron, Sarasota FL

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

A portrait shot of a large wading bird enjoying the view of nature in Robinson Preserve

Great Blue Heron Scratching and Preening on White

Widespread and familiar, the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers or lakeshores.

Mating pair of great blue herons at Homosassa Springs, Florida. Gulf Coast states.

in a wetland in Florida, United States

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

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

Great Blue Heron crouching on a piling of a pier that was destroyed by a hurricane, Perdido Key Florida, looking north across Old River at Ono Island, Orange Beach, Alabama

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

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.

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

Great blue heron at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Close up Heron Portrait

Great Blue Heron taking flight at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Great Blue Heron head in warm sunlight

Two Great Blue Herons taking turns following each other in flight over Boundary Bay, Delta, B.C., Canada,

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

Great Blue Heron in a Florida wetlands park

A great blue heron with its beak open, looking around the wetlands.

Great Blue Heron at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands

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Blue Heron in Sand Key Park on the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida USA

Great blue heron resting on pier post. Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

Great Blue Heron Closeup

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