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

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.

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron

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

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

Great Blue Heron in the The Woodlands Texas

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

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

heron bird in the green field

Gray heron

Egrets in the sun

Great blue heron in swamp

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

wild gray heron on the banks of the Loire

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

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in a public park in Stuttgart. Water bird on green meadow with brown autumn leaves. Jogger in background. Germany.

Great blue heron spreading his wings

Gray heron in the nature

Great blue heron

A great grey heron hunting in the lake

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

grey heron on the lake background close-up

a Heron stands on a bluff near Lake Mead Nevada

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

gray heron portrait in a park in Paris, France

Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)

Great blue heron flying over a pond during springtime day in San Francisco

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

Portrait of Blue Heron

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