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

Glossy ibises undertake dispersal movements after breeding and are highly nomadic. The more northerly populations are fully migratory and travel on a broad front, for example across the Sahara Desert. Populations in temperate regions breed during the local spring, while tropical populations nest to coincide with the rainy season. Nesting is often in mixed-species colonies. When not nesting, flocks of over 100 individuals may occur on migration, and during the winter or dry seasons the species is usually found foraging in small flocks. Glossy ibises often roost communally at night in large flocks, with other species, occasionally in trees which can be some distance from wetland feeding areas.

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

a Heron searches for food near the gulf coast of Texas

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

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

A heron patrols the bank on the island at Adel Dam Nature Reserve, outside Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Grey Heron in Kenya, East Africa bird. Grey body and head feathers with white neck feathers. Yellow eyes and bill.

Heron on the River Almond, Perthshire, Scotland, UK.

the Hong Kong Wetland Park. Tin Shui Wai, hk

$Grey Heron.\nThe grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water, or stalking its prey through the shallows.\n\nStanding up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2 to 4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.\n\nThe birds breed colonially in spring in heronries, usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.\n\nIn Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.$

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

A grey hornet in the boreal forest in Quebec.

Purple heron bird in its habitat looking to hunt. Close up, selective focus.

$English name: Great blue heron\nScientific name: Ardea herodias\n\nCountry: Costa Rica\nLocation: Caño Negro Reserve$

A Little Blue Heron at the James E. Gray Preserve in New Port Richey, Florida. New Port Richey is on the Gulf of Mexico west in west central Florida

The Bramiana lake is ideal for bird observation all year round with the top season in the spring and fall. Crete - Ierapetra - Lasithi

A closeup of a Purple Heron on a branch in Rajasthan, India

A grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is often a patient, hunched shape, standing amongst reeds beside water. This one cuts an early morning figure on the banks of Heron Ponds in Bushy Park, Surrey.

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