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

A beautiful Blue Heron during the colorful fall season.

A Great Blue Heron along the coast near Pebble Beach in California.

Side portrait of a Great Blue Heron against vivid blue water

White and gray heron in pond hunting fishes

Amazin nature image of Black-crowned night heron taken at Palafitos de Castro, at the city of Castro, in Los Lagos Region, Chile

Great blue heron is the largest American heron hunting small fish, insect, rodents, reptiles, small mammals, birds and especially ducklings.

A Bare-throated tiger-heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

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

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