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

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.

Portrait of natural grey heron in flight

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

An image with a great blue heron in breeding plumage at the waters edge of a lake.

great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Blue Heron Hunting

Great Blue Heron standing on a small island while fishing in a pond near the Chesapeake bay

Grey heron by pond

Great blue heron in New England lily pond on a midsummer evening

Great blue heron

A great white heron at Homosassa Springs, Florida.

Little Blue Heron Egret with fish in beak in water, in tropical nature background

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

A great blue heron, on the edge of a lake, in autumn in the Laurentian forest.

Closeup of a Great Blue Heron standing majestically on a log in the water gazing out over the Chesapeake bay in Maryland

White-necked Heron by a pond

Close-up of a grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in water, UK.

Wattled Crane, Grus caruncula, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, Gruiformes, Gruidae. Threatened and vulnerable.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest American heron

Great Blue Heron at Merced Wildlife Refuge.

Great Blue Heron fishing in estuary, marsh

Gray heron with its wings spread in wilderness.

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

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) sitting in a lake.

Grey heron has an eye on something to eat swimming in the pond

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

European Grey Heron flying over Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

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