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

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

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.

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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

Great blue heron in swamp

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

$Great Blue Heron wading in the waters of the Elkhorn Slough, California looking for it next fish meal.\n\nTaken at Elkhorn Slough, California, USA.$

Great Blue Heron Closeup

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 (Ardea herodias) is the largest American heron hunting small fish, insect, rodents, reptiles, small mammals, birds and especially ducklings.

Portrait of Blue Heron

Side portrait of a Great Blue Heron against vivid blue water

A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, standing on a bank of the Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, looking for prey. BC, Canada

A sharp-beaked Grey Heron waiting for fish to feed on.

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

Gray heron in the nature

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

$This great blue heron is looking off into the distance at \nPier Wisconsin in Milwaukee on beautiful Lake Michigan.$

Blue heron alert

The Great Blue Heron is looking directly at the photographer and so it's long beak is minimized

Great blue heron

heron looking for a fish

Great blue heron spreading his wings

Fish heron at rhine river in Germany closeup and head

Great Blue Heron resting in a marsh, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Portrait of a great blue heron back lit by the sun

Heron in tall grass observing.

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