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Great blue heron

grey heron on the lake background close-up

Gray heron in the nature

Heron flying over lake

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

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

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

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea Linnaeus) is a bird belonging to the Ardeidae family. Native to the temperate regions of the Old World, as well as Africa, it is the species of heron that goes further north, so much so that in summer it is easy to meet it along the Norwegian coasts, well beyond the Arctic Circle.

A gray heron sits high on a tree branch above a pond

$L 84-102cm (neck extended), WS 155-175cm.\nBreeds in colonies, or sometimes solitarily, in woodland with tall trees beside lakes and brackish sea-bays.\nWaits patiently, stock-still, for prey (mostly fish) on lakeshores and riversides, rests on one leg in shallow water, often at edge of reeds.\nMostly not migrating (resident/sedentary bird).\nNest a flat basket of sticks in tree crown.\n\nIn the Netherlands this is a common bird (also feeding/nestling) in Towns.$

The painted stork is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

heron bird in the green field

Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)

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.

Side portrait of a Great Blue Heron against vivid blue water

Egrets in the sun

Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea standing in water with reflection at Bhigwan, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Grey heron full body view over lake water that reflects the green and yellow plans of the lakeshore. The bird shows its elegant posture.

Close up of a gray heron

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

On a sunny day in November 2021, I took a picture of a gray heron stopping on a fishing boat at Katase Fishing Port (Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture) near Enoshima.

Blue heron alert

Heron walking in a pond.

Heron..a European waterbird in Germany

Wild nature. Great gray heron (Ardea cinerea) hunting in the sea off the coast (Greece, Kefalonia island) on a sunny day

gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France

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

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

Egrets in an artificial lake of Penfold Park, Hong Kong

Gray heron at the water's edge

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