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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.

The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), commonly sighted beside lakes and ponds.

Wild bird

Blue heron alert

grey heron in Namibia

Close shot of a female little bittern with a beautiful bokeh in the background.

gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France

A closeup of a white heron outdoors during daylight

Bird closeup. Western reef heron. Western reef egret. Egretta gularis.

Portrait of Great Blue Heron

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

A Bare-throated tiger-heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

Grey heron in portrait. Detailed picture of the bird. Animal photo from nature. Photo from a park

A Great Blue Heron along the coast near Pebble Beach in California.

Black-capped Night Heron with lovely black-and-white plumage and red eye

Black-crowned Night heron on the Silver River in Ocala, Florida.

Grey egret on blue background. Western reef heron. Seabird. Shorebird. Egret on the beach. Details of bird.

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.

In Goldfields Country The white-necked heron or Pacific heron is a species of heron that is found on most of the Australian continent wherever freshwater habitats exist. It is also found in parts of Indonesia, New Guinea and New Zealand, but is uncommon in Tasmania.

Fluffy blue heron standing on a rock in the water

a grey heron close-up portrait

close up of a Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) with green grass in the background

Close up of a Great Blue Heron

close-up portrait of a gray heron

A white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) poised on rugged rocks at the water's edge, framed by the expansive ocean in the background

Great blue heron is the largest American heron hunting small fish, insect, rodents, reptiles, small mammals, birds and especially ducklings.

Tricolored Heron at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.

Fish heron at rhine river in Germany closeup and head

A white egret on the rocks of a river waits for its prey.

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