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

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

wild gray heron on the banks of the Loire

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), successful hunter, with two common roaches.

grey heron on the lake background close-up

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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.

Gray heron

White and gray heron in pond hunting fishes

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

Grey heron close-up on natural background

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

grey heron in Namibia

Blue heron alert

A Gray Heron in the wetlands

The great blue heron caught two fish at once, on the edge of a lake in the boreal forest.

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

A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) looking for fish

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) flying very low over lake with a freshly caught rat in its bill

The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Heron fishing at my local pond

Heron..a European waterbird in Germany

A great grey heron hunting in the lake

Langkawi : Single Egretta sacra ( dark morph) eating small fish from the Andaman sea

A great blue heron with a fish in its mouth standing in water

Little egret, Egretta garzetta, standing beside in lake in Lumpini Park which is a large public park in the center of the Thai capital

a grey heron close-up portrait

The cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae found in the Pantanal, Brazil. Flying and fishing or hunting on the river.

A bird is standing on a rock in a body of water. The water is murky and has a lot of debris floating in it. The bird appears to be looking down at the water, possibly searching for food

Egrets in the sun

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