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

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

Great blue heron in swamp

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

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

A portrait of a Great Blue Heron in Pennsylvania, USA.

Great Blue Heron Closeup

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron

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.

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in a public park in Stuttgart. Water bird on green meadow with brown autumn leaves. Jogger in background. Germany.

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

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

Two Great Blue Herons taking turns following each other in flight over Boundary Bay, Delta, B.C., Canada,

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

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Portrait of Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron taking flight at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

A Great Blue Heron (Herodias ardea) displaying its plummage.

Gray heron in the nature

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

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

Great Blue Heron in flight

grey heron on the lake background close-up

Great blue heron spreading his wings

Great Blue Heron close-up head shot with selective focus on the eye

Great Blue Heron in a Florida wetlands park

Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)

gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France

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