Great Blue Heron Images and Information:
Ardea herodias
- Great Blue Herons are blue-gray with dark crowns and head plumes, long legs, necks and bills and the head, neck and wings give it a shaggy appearance.
- Great Blue Herons are our largest and heaviest heron species in North America.
- Great Blue Herons in the northern part of their range are migratory.
- Great Blue Herons can be found in freshwater and saltwater habitats including marshes, coasts, sloughs, lakes, ponds, riverbanks, swamps, meadows, agricultural fields and grasslands.
- The diet of Great Blue Herons include fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, crustaceans, other birds and small mammals.
- Great Blue Herons lay 2 to 6 eggs which hatch in 27 to 30 days. Both sexes incubate, they are monogamous and are colonial nesters.
- A group of herons can be called a “hedge”, “scattering”, “battery” and “rookery” of herons.
- The oldest known Great Blue Heron was 24 years old.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my Great Blue Heron photos.
Heron rookery at Farmington Bay on a clear February morning
Title: Heron rookery at Farmington Bay on a clear February morning
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/10/2023
Wide angle view of Great Blue Heron on ice
Title: Wide angle view of Great Blue Heron on ice
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2022
Great Blue Heron and shadow at Farmington Bay WMA
Title: Great Blue Heron and shadow at Farmington Bay WMA
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2022
Yawning Great Blue Heron on ice
Title: Yawning Great Blue Heron on ice
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2022
Great Blue Heron on ice at Farmington Bay WMA
Title: Great Blue Heron on ice at Farmington Bay WMA
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2022
Morning Great Blue Heron standing on driftwood
Title: Morning Great Blue Heron standing on driftwood
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/14/2022
Great Blue Heron with a cow behind it
Title: Great Blue Heron with a cow behind it
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2022
Great Blue Heron in front of a cow
Title: Great Blue Heron in front of a cow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2022
Great Blue Heron with a third carp and side salad
Title: Great Blue Heron with a third carp and side salad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Great Blue Heron doing an Emu imitation
Title: Great Blue Heron doing an Emu imitation
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Great Blue Heron with a second carp
Title: Great Blue Heron with a second carp
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Great Blue Heron stalking prey
Title: Great Blue Heron stalking prey
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Great Blue Heron with a small carp
Title: Great Blue Heron with a small carp
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Great Blue Heron portrait in a marsh
Title: Great Blue Heron portrait in a marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Great Blue Heron Flasher
Title: Great Blue Heron Flasher
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2022
Immature Great Blue Heron flying in front of snow covered mountains
Title: Immature Great Blue Heron flying in front of snow covered mountains
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/10/2022
Northern Utah winter waterfowl landscape
Title: Northern Utah winter waterfowl landscape
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/26/2022
Riverbank Great Blue Heron adult
Title: Riverbank Great Blue Heron adult
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/19/2022
Great Blue Heron warming up on the bank of the Bear River
Title: Great Blue Heron warming up on the bank of the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/19/2022
Great Blue Heron warming up on a February morning
Title: Great Blue Heron warming up on a February morning
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/19/2022