Great Blue Heron | Audubon Field Guide
Widespread and familiar (though often called 'crane'), the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers or lakeshores, or flying high overhead, with slow wingbeats, its head hunched back onto its shoulders.
Great Blue Heron - All About Birds
Whether poised at a river bend or cruising the coastline with slow, deep wingbeats, the Great Blue Heron is a majestic sight. This stately heron with its subtle blue-gray plumage often stands motionless as it scans for prey or wades belly deep with long, deliberate steps.
Great Blue Heron Identification - All About Birds
Whether poised at a river bend or cruising the coastline with slow, deep wingbeats, the Great Blue Heron is a majestic sight. This stately heron with its subtle blue-gray plumage often stands motionless as it scans for prey or wades belly deep with long, deliberate steps.
The Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias is the largest heron in Canada. Adults stand over 1 m high with their necks outstretched, and they weigh around 2.5 kg. This bird gives the general impression of being tall and thin: its wings, neck, bill, and legs are long.
Great Blue Heron - American Bird Conservancy
Large, common, and widespread, the Great Blue Heron is perhaps the most familiar wading bird in North America. You might find it foraging near Green Herons and Red-winged Blackbirds in a wetland; or with Sanderlings and Great Egrets on a seashore; or …
Great Blue Heron | National Geographic
The tall, long-legged great blue heron is the most common and largest of North American herons. Great blue herons are waders, typically seen along coastlines, in marshes, or near the...
Great Blue Heron Bird Facts (Ardea herodias) | Birdfact
The Great Blue Heron is a stately wading bird with predominantly blue-gray plumage, long legs, and an S-shaped neck. Its head is white with a black eyebrow stripe extending to a plume, and it has a long, dagger-like yellow bill.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - BirdLife International
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias on 20/12/2024. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds.
California NatureMapping - Great Blue Heron Fact Sheet
Description: The Great Blue Heron is the largest and most widespread heron in North America. It is a large bird, with a slate-gray body, chestnut and black accents, and very long legs and an "S"-shaped neck. Great Blue Herons are very tall and stand 38-54 inches (97-137 cm). In flight, the bird looks enormous, with a six-foot wingspan.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - BirdLife International
It is separated by diagnostic plumage (white vs. blue), behavior (mate choice and timing of mating) and habitat (saltwater-island vs. fresh/brackish water mainland). There are, in fact, a few additional morphological considerations, with GWH having a shorter occipital plume but longer bill, tarsus and middle toe than GBH (supplementary material ...