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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 (Ardea herodias) is the largest American heron . A series of photographs from different places and different time periods.

Great Blue Heron fishing in the Ottawa River on a sunny day with green foliage in the background

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

Great blue heron, waiting in water looking for fish, on the shores of Jordan Lake.

A Heron on the shore of the Detroit River, in Windsor, Ontario.

great blue heron close up of his face

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

Great Blue Heron at Presque Isle: Erie, Pennsylvania

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 standing on the ice by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Grey great heron fishing in front of a cascade

A vigilant heron drives away a cormorant from his hunting grounds, asserting dominance in the rugged terrain.

great blue heron standing by the sea water

Great blue heron walking along the bank of the Rum River on a summer day in Minnesota, USA.

Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) are commonly found at shorelines and wetlands over most of the Americas. This heron was photographed at Marymoor Park outside of Seattle, where each year several dozen herons come together to build a collection of nests in the tall trees next to the Sammamish River. For most of the summer the herons raise their chicks and fish in the river and nearby Lake Sammamish.

Great Blue Heron along the shoreline of southern Vancouver Island.

Great blue heron with a fish bouncing in its mouth while fishing in the river

Crane in Lake Erie

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

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 standing on a rock by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Great Blue Heron fishing at Roberts Bay, Sidney, BC Canada

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

Great Blue Heron Bird stands in moving water near a waterfall on a cloudy day

Great blue heron gets a mouthful seaweed including a small fish from a pond

Great Blue Heron patiently stalking fish in lake in Kentucky

A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, standing on a bank of the Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, looking for prey. BC, Canada

A Great Blue Heron shakes his feathers about while he is out hunting along the Holston River in Kingsport, TN.

$Close-up of Great Blue Heron wading in the waters of the Elkhorn Slough.\n\nTaken at Moss Landing, California near the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve$

Great blue herons (ardeas hernia) stand on a small rocks in a river on a summer morning. Focus is on the heron in the front.

A great blue heron fishes from the stones of a dike in Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina.

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