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Great Blue Heron Hunting

Great Blue Heron, Sarasota FL

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

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

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

Widespread and familiar, the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers or lakeshores.

Gray heron in the nature

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

A great blue heron in the water with its beak open.

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

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

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

Blue heron alert

Great blue heron wading in pond

A great blue heron wades in the shallow waters of San Joaquin Marsh in Irvine, California.

Beautiful brown heron standing in a lake with a nice reflection. Afternoon sun bright. Natural Park Woodland.

Great blue heron on the lake in Wisconsin

Great Blue Heron in a Florida wetlands park

Great blue heron spreading his wings

Great Blue Heron head in warm sunlight

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.

A Great Blue Heron seen at the Waterway in The Woodlands. Texas

Great Blue Heron preening its feathers in a marsh. Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

A heron on a deck at sunset cleaning itself

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

A large wading bird chilling around the coastline of the lake

Great Blue Heron at Presque Isle: Erie, Pennsylvania

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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