Great Blue Heron On a Fireplace Chimney

The great blue heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands

GREAT BLUE HERON BUSY FISHING IN THE MARSH

This beautiful and elegant bird enjoying fishing in the marsh on a cloudy morning in Southern California close to the Newport Coast.
The great blue heron is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae and is native throughout North America.

Great Blue Heron

This Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.
Great Blue Herons can hunt day and night thanks to a high percentage of rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes that improve their night vision. Herons are capable of eating copious amounts of fish, on a daily basis. An adult heron can easily consume up to 1lb of fish per day.

Despite their impressive size, Great Blue Herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones a feature all birds share.

Sanderlings, Plovers, Herons Galore!

Sanderlings and I think a Snowy Plover creep up to the shore while a Great Blue Heron poses in the sunset.
Photos taken on July 25, 2022
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7

Beautiful Sunset with a Great Blue Heron

The sunsets on Dauphin Island were beautiful! As you can see, the tide pools turned gold in the light of the setting sun.
Photos were taken on July 30, 2022
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7

Take notice

Various birds around my feeders and local park

Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks, Roseate Spoonbills and a Great Blue Heron

The Black-Bellied Whistling Duck was also seen with a female Black-Bellied Whistling Duck watching Spoonbills the day after.

Great Blue Heron Mama

This heron is taking a break from incubation.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Breeding: great blue heron

The region’s great blue herons are already fledging young. This one was part of a colony of 7 GBHE nests and countless anhingas.

Great Blue Heron Nest

ON A BRIDGE…

This nest is 215 feet above sea level situated between pillars within a work zone on a bridge.
At this time parent birds have not been sited. Beautifully crafted nest with two eggs.

Great blue heron rookery

This is a giant tree where the herons are nesting on a small island in the middle of a lake

Red-tailed Hawk Nest, Osprey landing in nest

Ma, Pa and their two chicks nesting on a shear face of Fall Creek gorge
Osprey lands in his Stewart Park nest
Mama Red-tail preens her chick’s head
Great Blue Heron nests

Great Blue Heron rookery

This nesting site is near my home on Pickerel Lake near Detroit Lakes. During my nine visits I photographed adults on their nests as well as the young about Four weeks later. Feeding time is like something out of Jurassic Park!

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron on dock

This Great Blue Heron is one of a group of five who have taken up residence on the lake. We’ve had two Herons at our location the past few years, but this year it has been amazing to see five of them! It’s hard to get close to these guys–their hearing and sight are amazing, and they’ll leave at the slightest sound.

Great Blue Heron

This is my newest neighbor, a Great Blue Heron, a young male just stretching his wings and wading in a newly restored historic creek. I am proud to say he has become a regular sight to see. I greet him each morning with a little nod of my head and he pays no mind to the joggers who pass by each day along the trail.

Nests, Nests, Nests

I have been visiting Ballston Creek Preserve now for weeks…it started with lots of Heron nests and now there are so many babies. There was a Great Horned Owl and baby who fledged after my second visit. The Osprey sit high above and call out their warning sign as I get to the end of the path – no babies there yet. The Hairy Woodpecker I just happened upon while watching the others. Whoever says you have to go far from home to see beauty? All this in one spot! Totally enchanting!

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology