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Irchel Park or Irchelpark or Park Irchel - Zurich, Switzerland

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.

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

Beautiful summer landscape of lake in north of Azerbaijan. Sunny day.

A great white heron at Homosassa Springs, Florida.

Low water lake level exposing the fish nests. These species of Tilapia tend to be communal spawners so it is common to see an aggregation of nests in a small area.

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Great Blue Heron standing in calm green pond water with a tree branch overhead. Photographed in The Woodlands, Texas

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.

wild gray heron on the banks of the Loire

Great Blue Heron in a Florida wetlands park

Great Blue Heron flying in a wetland.

$Goliath Heron.\nThe Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller, declining numbers in Southwest and South Asia.$

Close up of a grey heron bird standing.

Gray heron in the swamp

Little Duckling in Mammoth Lakes, Sierra Nevada, California

Great blue heron standing on a rock by a lake, Delray Beach, Florida, USA

Large grey heron standing at the pond waiting to catch a food.

Great Blue Heron in flight above Illinois Michigan Canal on a sunny Spring day

Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) are unmistakeable as they wade through deep water, ever alert for a darting movement or a wriggle that reveals a fish, frog or tadpole. If it wasn't for the fish, would there be any herons? Mitcham Common, Surrey, UK. Growing beyond the reeds is bogbean, (Menyanthes trifoliata), a pondweed that forms huge rafts of green covering much of a lake or pond's surface. It is also known as buckbean or water trefoil, and was used in an old remedy for scurvy.

A Great Blue Heron looking for food in a water hole

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Tranquil Nature Scene Capturing the Beauty of a Forest River

Dans un marais un héron est à la chasse

Grey heron flying over a river hunting for food during fall.

Great blue heron with flowers in foreground and a pond behind during springtime day in San Francisco

Great blue heron with water in background

Heron by Smestaddammen lake in Oslo.

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