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Close Encounter with a Blue Heron next to the Water's Edge
Great Blue Heron hunting on the bank of a canal, Orange Beach, Alabama
A portrait shot of a large wading bird enjoying the view of nature in Robinson Preserve
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 in the The Woodlands Texas
A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.
Great Blue Heron wading in the waters of the Elkhorn Slough, California looking for it next fish meal.\n\nTaken at Elkhorn Slough, California, USA.
Great blue heron in swamp
This great blue heron is looking off into the distance at \nPier Wisconsin in Milwaukee on beautiful Lake Michigan.
Close Encounter with a Blue Heron next to the Water's Edge
Closeup side profile of one great blue heron bird walking on pier sponge docks in Tarpon Springs, Florida harbor on Gulf of Mexico near Tampa with blue color water
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 Closeup
A portrait of a Great Blue Heron in Pennsylvania, USA.
A sharp-beaked Grey Heron waiting for fish to feed on.
A great blue heron backlit with water in the background.
Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)
gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  is the largest American heron . A series of photographs from different places and different time periods.
Great Blue Heron beside small stream of fresh water standing sideways with mouth wide open
heron looking for a fish
Blue heron alert
Photograph of a Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron found in a small wetlands pond  located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Gray heron in the nature
Portrait of Blue Heron
Close up image of a Great Blue heron (Ardea herodias) in a wetland. Image is a profile head shot of the bird featuring details of its head and neck with the bay in the background.
A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, standing on a bank of the Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, looking for prey. BC, Canada
Side portrait of a Great Blue Heron against vivid blue water
Great Blue Heron in a Florida wetlands park
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