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

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

close-up photo of a Great Blue Heron on a boat dock

Blue heron alert

Gray heron in the nature

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

grey heron bird standing by the sea in swimming pool hunting fish in luxury Maldives island resort on sunny day

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in a public park in Stuttgart. Water bird on green meadow with brown autumn leaves. Jogger in background. Germany.

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

A heron flying against a blue sky.

wild gray heron on the banks of the Loire

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 in Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron

The Little Blue Heron is a common but inconspicuous resident of marshes and estuaries in the Southeast.

Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)

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, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.

A sharp-beaked Grey Heron waiting for fish to feed on.

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

A close up of a Great Blue Heron sitting on a dock, enjoying the sun, fluffing his feathers as he enjoys the warm afternoon sun

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

Great Blue Heron on shoreline looking for fish

Great Blue Heron in search of prey as it wades about in murky, muddy water. Photo taken at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in east central Florida. Nikon D7200 with Nikon 200 macro lens

grey heron cleaning its feathers on the blurred background close-up

Egrets in the sun

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

Grey heron, walking on a beach

Great Blue Heron Close-up

Portrait of Blue Heron

Striated Heron, butorides striata, Tombeau Bay, Mauritius

gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France

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