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

A bird standing in the marshes with its reflection on the water

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

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.

Great Blue Heron, Sarasota FL

Heron's search for food in a marsh near the gulf coast of Texas

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest American heron

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

crane bird standing in water, wintertime at lake zurich

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

A Gray Heron in the wetlands

Grey heron, walking on a beach

Blue Heron in Sand Key Park on the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida USA

Blue Heron Hunting Along Shores of Lake St. Clair - Wildlife in natural habitat fishing along shore. Lake Saint Clair, Michigan USA.

Photographs of heron at the port of Pully, Switzerland

Blue heron alert

Portrait of a grey heron standing at the edge of a lake.

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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Heron flying over lake

A great blue heron and a green heron sharing a tree limb.

A yellow-crowned night heron walking on the beach looking for food

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest American heron . A series of photographs from different places and different time periods.

Grey heron full body view over lake water that reflects the green and yellow plans of the lakeshore. The bird shows its elegant posture.

The western reef heron also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.

Grey heron close-up on natural background

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a grey heron close-up portrait

A Great Blue Heron stands in a shallow tidal stream on Cape Cod catching small fish for an afternoon snack.

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