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

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

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.

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

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

Great blue heron flying over a marsh

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

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

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

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.

A great blue heron backlit with water in the background.

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

common heron

A Great Blue Heron Flies Over a Lake as the Sun Rises

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

Great Blue Heron Standing on a Log

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in spring

Gray heron with its wings spread in wilderness.

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, marsh

Title: Great Blue Heron perching on his nest in the marshy swamp of South Carolina.

Great Blue Heron standing in shallow water, bending its head under the wing in a funny pose.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest American heron

White-necked Heron by a pond

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.

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

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