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

A Great Blue Heron Sitting on a Tree against a pale blue background.

Great Blue Heron hunting for food in a marsh. Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) stalking its prey - Myakka River State Park, Florida

Great blue heron flying over a marsh

A Great Blue Heron with wings spread wide flies back to the nest with wet nest building materials. An adult Great Blue Heron against native grasses and cattails along the Viera wetland. The birds build nests with various decaying material to add structure to the next. A Florida bird natural history image in vibrant color.

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

Photo taken at the Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area at Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

Portrait of Great Blue Heron

Selective focus on a Great blue heron in a pond, Ardea Herodias

Great blue heron about to land, seen in the wild in North California

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 by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Great Blue Heron Standing on a Log

Great Blue Heron along the shoreline of southern Vancouver Island.

Great blue heron flying low, feathers ruffled in brisk wind as he gets ready to land.

Great Blue Heron in flight above Illinois Michigan Canal on a sunny Spring day

Closeup of a Great Blue Heron standing majestically on a log in the water gazing out over the Chesapeake bay in Maryland

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

A great blue heron standing alone in the salt marsh surrounded by fall colors

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 by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Herons hunt a wide variety of animals, but their diet consists mainly of small fish during breeding season, and is supplemented with small mammals in winter. In British Columbia, the primary predator of the Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies is the Bald Eagle.

Great Blue Heron Wading in Wetlands

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

Blue Heron. Photo taken in Edison, Washington State.Blue Heron landing. Photo taken in Edison, Washington State.

Two Great Blue Herons playing as they fly over Boundary Bay, B.C., Canada.

Big bird is hunting in shallow water

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

Beautiful blue heron fishing in Sauble Falls. Slow exposure of the waterfall and steady enough to capture a crisp pictures of the heron.

A wetland pond with a great blue heron in the water with a sunfish it just caught. It will release the fish and will re-catch it to positioning the fish for eating. In late autumn. Edited for minor flaws.

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