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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 in flight above Illinois Michigan Canal on a sunny Spring day

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, marsh

A Great Blue Heron coming into breeding plumage and standing on a log.

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in a swamp.

Great Blue Herons gathering sticks to prepare nest for babies.

A great blue heron in the water with its beak open.

Seattle grey heron fishing on South Lake Union.

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hiden on tree

European Grey Heron flying over Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

Great Blue Heron standing in calm green pond water with a tree branch overhead. Photographed in The Woodlands, Texas

Great Blue Heron in a Florida wetlands park

Great blue heron with water in background

Great blue heron standing on a rock by a lake, Delray Beach, Florida, USA

Big Blue Heron, flying

Egrets on branches

a great blue heron perching on a pier rail at a lake

Gray Heron in flight in a nature reserve.

Great Blue Heron trying to locate more sticks for nest building and reinforcement in central Colorado in the United States of America (USA).

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, bird hunter in flight with open wings in sunny environment close to the water.

Closeup of a large Great Blue Heron hunting in a small creek area. The bird is in breeding plumage. Focus is on the birds head and beak.

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A Great Blue Heron perched in a pine tree. The tree is on the ocean in Oceanside, California and the time of year is March.

Photo of Herron in a river

Heron in a tree observing.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - Fort Myers Beach, Florida

$Great Blue heron flying above it's treetop nesting area. near the Elkhorn Slough.\n\nTaken at Elkhorn Slough, California, USA$

Grey heron flying over a river hunting for food during fall.

Great Blue Heron flying in central Colorado lake, USA, North America.

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