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Great Blue Heron along the shoreline of southern Vancouver Island.

Great blue heron

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 a rock by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) in a central Florida pond. Florida

Great Blue Heron Hunting

A Gray Heron hunts in the mud of the lake with a green colored floating waste can

Great Blue Heron hunting for food in a marsh. Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

Photo taken at the Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area at Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

a Heron searches for food near the gulf coast of Texas

A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, flushed from its hunting spot flies away to safer areas in the pea island waterfowl sanctuary in the nags head national seashore recreational area of the NC outer banks

Great Blue Heron with Fish in beak

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A Blue Heron Patiently waiting for breakfast in Mount Pleasant, South Caolinra

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.

Great Blue Heron beside small stream of fresh water standing sideways with mouth wide open

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A Great Blue Heron (Herodias ardea) displaying its plummage.

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

Great blue heron, seen in the wild in a North California marsh

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

Great Blue Heron in Flight

Gray blue heron standing in shallow Forest Lake during a summer morning in a national park

A large wading bird chilling around the coastline of the lake

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 America and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands

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