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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.

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

Great blue heron in swamp

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

A portrait shot of a large wading bird enjoying the view of nature in Robinson Preserve

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron

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

A great blue heron backlit with water in the background.

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

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 standing on the ice by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

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Portrait of Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron wading in central Colorado lake, USA, North America.

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

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

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

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

A Great Blue Heron coming into breeding plumage and standing on a log.

$This great blue heron is looking off into the distance at \nPier Wisconsin in Milwaukee on beautiful Lake Michigan.$

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

Great Blue Heron taking flight at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

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

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

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