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

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

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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, Sarasota FL

A Great Blue Heron along the coast near Pebble Beach in California.

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

A Great blue heron catches a large fish in a coastal salt marsh.

Great Blue Heron along the shoreline of southern Vancouver Island.

Great blue heron in waters of Laguna Madre with Queen Isabella Causeway behind linking South Padre Island to mainland

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

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

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America. Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, California. Anseriformes. Pacific Ocean. Ardea herodias herodias. Taking off flying from the water. Winter.

Grey heron, walking on a beach

Great Blue Heron walks slowly along the water-line watching for his prey in the incoming waves. East Florida coast.

Great Blue Heron wading in central Colorado lake, USA, North America.

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron

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

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

Great Blue Heron taking flight at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Blue heron alert

A low angle of a great blue heron flying in the blue cloudless sky with its wings wide open

Portrait of Blue Heron

A great blue heron coming in for a landing on a rocky shore

Blue Heron Hunting Along Shores of Lake St. Clair - Wildlife in natural habitat fishing along shore. Lake Saint Clair, Michigan USA.

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

Photo taken at St George Island state park in Florida's panhandle region, USA. Nikon D7200 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens

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