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Great Blue Heron hunting on the bank of a canal, Orange Beach, Alabama
Close Encounter with a Blue Heron next to the Water's Edge
A close-up of a majestic Large lyre bird with a mottled brown plumage
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 bird portrait profile.
A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.
Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas
A Great Blue Heron standing in the water
Gray heron in the nature
A heron flying against a blue sky.
Great blue heron in swamp
Portrait of Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron Closeup
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.
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in a public park in Stuttgart. Water bird on green meadow with brown autumn leaves. Jogger in background. Germany.
A Great Blue Heron standing in a lake with lots of room for copy.
A sharp-beaked Grey Heron waiting for fish to feed on.
The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.
grey heron on the lake background close-up
Blue heron alert
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
Great Blue Heron head in warm sunlight
Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  is the largest American heron . A series of photographs from different places and different time periods.
Great blue heron spreading his wings
Photograph of a Great Blue Heron
gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France
Great Blue Heron close-up head shot with selective focus on the eye
Heron in tall grass observing.
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