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A green heron at a nature preserve in South Florida.

First batch of images of Purple Heron, one of the greatest examples of patience in the bird world when hunting, in a variety of moods and behavioural recordings.

Elegant Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea, gracing the wetlands of France with its distinctive plumage.

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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

$Goliath Heron.\nThe Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller, declining numbers in Southwest and South Asia.$

A heron flapping wings as it lifts higher.

Purple Heron bird stands in the water - Amboseli National Park Kenya

Tricolored heron in the natural surroundings of Orlando Wetlands Park in central Florida. The park is a large marsh area which is home to numerous birds, mammals, and reptiles.

Black heron hunting above the morning sea, Marsa Alam, Egypt

A Bare-throated tiger-heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

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.

grey heron on the lake background close-up

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

An adult purple heron (Ardea purpurea) in winter plumage stands in the early morning against the backdrop of blue lake water. Close-up photo

A selection No 2 of Purple Heron in various postures, including in territorial aggression and flight. This bird is amongst the greatest examples of a species displaying utmost patience whilst stalking and hunting prey, mostly fish.

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

Portrait of a Great blue heron in the evening time before sunset, windy day, pink sky on the background.

$Purple Heron.\nThe purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.\n\nIt is similar in appearance to the more common grey heron but is slightly smaller, more slender and has darker plumage. It is also a more evasive bird, favouring densely vegetated habitats near water, particularly reed beds. It hunts for a range of prey including fish, rodents, frogs and insects, either stalking them or standing waiting in ambush.\n\nPurple herons are colonial breeders and build a bulky nest out of dead reeds or sticks close to the water' edge among reeds or in dense vegetation. About five bluish-green eggs are laid and are incubated by both birds. The young hatch about four weeks later and fledge six weeks after that. The International Union for Conservation of Nature notes that the global population trend is downwards, largely because of the drainage of wetlands, but assesses the purple heron's conservation status as being of \$

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