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

Great Blue Heron looking for fish on the edge of a canal on a wildlife drive in Central Florida

great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

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Gray heron standing in wilderness at a pond. His reflection is seen in water.

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

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

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

White-necked Heron by a pond

Great Blue Heron at Merced Wildlife Refuge.

A great blue heron standing alone in the salt marsh surrounded by fall colors

Portrait of natural grey heron in flight

Grey heron by pond

A great white heron at Homosassa Springs, Florida.

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

Great Egret looks over the water. Standing perfectly still.

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European Grey Heron in a field alongside an English lake.

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

Gray heron in swamp

Great Blue Heron standing in the middle of a pond near sunset on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland

A wetland pond with a great blue heron in the water with a sunfish it just caught. It will release the fish and will re-catch it to positioning the fish for eating. In late autumn. Edited for minor flaws.

A Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) flying over the Guaporé-Itenez river. Next to Remanso, Brazil - Bolivia border.

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

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