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

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

Blue Heron Bird Hunts for Fish in a Clearing in a Lily Pad Covered Pond on a Summer Day

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

Wild birds of the celery fields in FL park.

Great blue heron flying

Robin bird perching on ground, tall bird in marsh by river in water

This is a photograph of Heron standing in the water at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida on a winter day.

A large bird flies low over a murky Louisiana swamp just outside the city of Lafayette on a bright sunny day.

Water birds resting on the island

Great blue heron on the lake in Wisconsin

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.

A great blue heron is a large wading bird common to North and Central America. They usually reach a height of about 4 feet.

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is on the look out for a meal in the lilies. A Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trunk is in the background.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in Everglades National Park, Florida, Southern USA

Little blue heron standing with beak open at the wetlands.

A heron captures and dines on a frog by the lakeside, showcasing nature's dramatic hunt and the avian prowess of the heron

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

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

Blue heron alert

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) wading hunting for food among the lilly pads in a pond in Michigan, USA.

Great Blue Heron in search of prey as it wades about in murky, muddy water. Photo taken at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in east central Florida. Nikon D7200 with Nikon 200 macro lens

Crane in Lilly pads

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

A blue heron stalks prey in a grassy wetland in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp.

Blue Heron wading in Bulrushes along shore line of a small lake.

Great Blue Heron and Irises

A Great Blue Heron stalking prey in the salt marsh of St, Simon’s Island, Georgia.

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