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wild gray heron on the banks of the Loire

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Great Blue Heron, Sarasota FL

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

Gray heron

A gray heron flies over the ode to the Kamo River at the confluence of two rivers in Kyoto - a beautiful day of spring (the cherry blossoms have begun)

Blue heron alert

A tall, often solitary bird, the Grey Heron is one of the UK's most familiar birds. It feeds mainly on fish, but also eats small mammals (even Moles!), waterbirds (sometimes up to the size of a Coot) and Crayfish. It is often seen standing stock-still in the shallow waters of lakes, rivers and ponds, patiently hunting fish that flit about below the surface. It will visit gardens with ornamental ponds, looking for an easy meal.

A great blue heron with a fish in its mouth standing in water

Langkawi : Single Egretta sacra ( dark morph) eating small fish from the Andaman sea

Heron..a European waterbird in Germany

White and gray heron in pond hunting fishes

Little egret, Egretta garzetta, standing beside in lake in Lumpini Park which is a large public park in the center of the Thai capital

The painted stork is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

Gray heron in the pond

Brown heron bird near the beach, Mahe Seychelles 6

Egrets in the sun

crane bird standing in water, wintertime at lake zurich

Fish heron at rhine river in Germany closeup and head

Heron at the water, side view

Heron fishing at my local pond

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

black heron stands in the sea in egypt

Upclose Blue Heron

Grey heron standing in water, at Tokyo port.

Egret aims for fish in the river

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.

$L 84-102cm (neck extended), WS 155-175cm.\nBreeds in colonies, or sometimes solitarily, in woodland with tall trees beside lakes and brackish sea-bays.\nWaits patiently, stock-still, for prey (mostly fish) on lakeshores and riversides, rests on one leg in shallow water, often at edge of reeds.\nMostly not migrating (resident/sedentary bird).\nNest a flat basket of sticks in tree crown.\n\nIn the Netherlands this is a common bird (also feeding/nestling) in Towns.$

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

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