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Great blue heron in New England lily pond on a midsummer evening

great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

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 (Ardea herodias) stalking its prey - Myakka River State Park, Florida

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

Great Blue Heron Hunting

Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) in a central Florida pond. Florida

Great blue heron flying low, feathers ruffled in brisk wind as he gets ready to land.

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Great Blue Heron taking flight from a marsh on a cloudy day, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Photo taken at the Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area at Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

A Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) flying over the Guaporé-Itenez river. Next to Remanso, Brazil - Bolivia border.

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

Great blue heron about to land, seen in the wild in North California

A reflected image of a little blue heron in the water at the Ocala Wetland Recharge Park in Ocala, Florida.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) on a white background with a clipping path

Great Blue Heron standing in weeds in zen like pose

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) sitting in a lake.

A great blue heron hiding in the salt marsh

A closeup of a beautiful egret looking the reflection of itself on the water

Wildlife shot of an extremely rare Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) at the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda. This stork-like waterbird is getting up to a height of 120 cm, outstanding is the unique bill. While the shoebill is called a stork, genetically speaking it is more closely related to the pelican or heron families. The shoebill is could be found in wetlands or swamps in a few regions of Eastern and Central Africa and it is critical endangered.

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, marsh

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

Great Blue Heron Standing on a Log

Portrait of Great Blue Heron

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

A Great Blue Heron along the coast near Pebble Beach in California.

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