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Great blue heron flying low, feathers ruffled in brisk wind as he gets ready to land.

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

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

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

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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.

Beautiful blue heron fishing in Sauble Falls. Slow exposure of the waterfall and steady enough to capture a crisp pictures of the heron.

Great Blue Heron at Merced Wildlife Refuge.

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

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 Gray heron sits along the river banks

A great white heron at Homosassa Springs, Florida.

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Great Blue Heron Hunting

A snowy egret fishing at Sunset in the protected area of the salt water Marsh on Pawley's Island in Georgetown County South Carolina

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) stalking its prey - Myakka River State Park, Florida

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

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

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Grey heron

$A Great Blue Heron seen catching a large catfish. After flying over to solid ground, it pecked the fish, spearing it, until it stopped moving. Then it got ready for dinner. These large birds can swallow large prey when it is mealtime.\n\nThis photo was taken in Plaisance National Park, Quebec.$

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

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) standing in water, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, USA

Fluffy blue heron standing on a rock in the water

$Beautiful grey blue large heron stood on log in lake fishing. \n\nBig colourful bird standing with long neck and beak looking down into pond water reflection hunting for food through clear reservoir surface.$

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

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

Gray heron is feeding in reeds.

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