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A habitat photo of a great blue heron in the salt marsh

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

Palmettoes, salt marsh and creek on a barrier island of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge on the Gulf of Mexico.

A great blue heron walks in front of a stand of cattails. Copy space.

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) sitting in a lake.

A heron captures and dines on a frog by the lakeside, showcasing nature's dramatic hunt and the avian prowess of the heron

Wildlife and typical Florida landscape with rainbow

Great Blue Heron, on wooden pier in Indialantic, Florida (USA).

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

Lake in residential district, Florida, USA

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.

A great blue heron walking near a pond

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest and most widespread heron in North America, standing up to 4.5 feet tall with a wingspan of up to 6.5 feet.

Lone Heron in early morning-Hilton Head, South Carolina

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

Community reservoir in Frankintown Florida near the Atlantic Ocean

This is a photograph of Heron standing in the water at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida on a winter day.

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, marsh

Tricolored heron in the natural surroundings of Orlando Wetlands Park in central Florida. The park is a large marsh area which is home to numerous birds, mammals, and reptiles.

A great blue heron stands stoically at the edge of a pond in Kissimmee, near Orlando, Florida.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in Everglades National Park, Florida, Southern USA

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) wading at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland

A Great Blue Heron stands in a shallow tidal stream on Cape Cod catching small fish for an afternoon snack.

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

A Great Blue Heron on the fishing pier at Gulf Port, Harrison County Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico USA

Copenhagen capital district. A fishing heron found a quiet place looking for food.

A white bird flies over water in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The bird’s reflection can seen on the water.

The Great Blue Heron is the largest most widespread Heron in North America

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