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.
Immature Great Blue Heron next to the water at Farmington Bay WMA
Title: Immature Great Blue Heron next to the water at Farmington Bay WMA
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/16/2020
Immature Great Blue Heron with its eyes on the sky overhead
Title: Immature Great Blue Heron with its eyes on the sky overhead
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/16/2020
Hatch year Great Blue Heron pooping on the flats
Title: Hatch year Great Blue Heron pooping on the flats
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2020
Immature Great Blue Heron in flight right after lift off
Title: Immature Great Blue Heron in flight right after lift off
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2020
Immature Great Blue Heron in flight right after lift off – Showing the hand of man
Title: Immature Great Blue Heron in flight right after lift off – Showing the hand of man
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2020
Great Blue Heron enjoying the morning light in the mountains
Title: Great Blue Heron enjoying the morning light in the mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/20/2020
Great Blue Heron resting in the mountains
Title: Great Blue Heron resting in the mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/20/2020
Great Blue Heron standing on a rock in a mountain creek
Title: Great Blue Heron standing on a rock in a mountain creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/8/2020
Great Blue Heron on an icy pond
Title: Great Blue Heron on an icy pond
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/25/2020
Great Blue Herons seeking shelter from the wind
Title: Great Blue Herons seeking shelter from the wind
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/9/2020
Great Blue Heron on a windy winter day
Title: Great Blue Heron on a windy winter day
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/9/2020
Winter Great Blue Heron in flight in front of the Wasatch Range
Title: Winter Great Blue Heron in flight in front of the Wasatch Range
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/9/2020
Winter Great Blue Heron in flight
Title: Winter Great Blue Heron in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/9/2020
Landing Great Blue Heron in foggy conditions
Title: Landing Great Blue Heron in foggy conditions
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020
Great Blue Heron on the wing in heavy fog
Title: Great Blue Heron on the wing in heavy fog
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020
Dense fog and a Great Blue Heron in flight
Title: Dense fog and a Great Blue Heron in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020
Great Blue Heron landing in heavy fog
Title: Great Blue Heron landing in heavy fog
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020
Great Blue Heron on a very foggy morning
Title: Great Blue Heron on a very foggy morning
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020
Great Blue Heron shaking on a snowy and foggy day
Title: Great Blue Heron shaking on a snowy and foggy day
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020
Great Blue Heron in dense fog
Title: Great Blue Heron in dense fog
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/27/2020