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.
Great Blue Heron in flight in front of storm clouds
Title: Great Blue Heron in flight in front of storm clouds
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2016
Stormy Sky with a Great Blue Heron in flight
Title: Stormy Sky with a Great Blue Heron in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2016
Great Blue Heron fishing at Farmington Bay
Title: Great Blue Heron fishing at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2015
Great Blue Heron and a large Carp
Title: Great Blue Heron and a large Carp
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015
Great Blue Heron expelling bile in Utah
Title: Great Blue Heron expelling bile in Utah
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015
Great Blue Heron with raised crown
Title: Great Blue Heron with raised crown
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015
Great Blue Heron on a large post
Title: Great Blue Heron on a large post
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015
Great Blue Heron flying in smokey skies
Title: Great Blue Heron flying in smokey skies
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Smokey skies and a Great Blue Heron in flight
Title: Smokey skies and a Great Blue Heron in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Great Blue Heron lifting off from a stand of rushes
Title: Great Blue Heron lifting off from a stand of rushes
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/19/2015
Great Blue Heron in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Title: Great Blue Heron in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2015
Great Blue Heron stalking prey in morning light
Title: Great Blue Heron stalking prey in morning light
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2014
Great Blue Heron’s flight over Farmington Bay
Title: Great Blue Heron’s flight over Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
Great Blue Heron a split second after landing
Title: Great Blue Heron a split second after landing
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
Great Blue Heron in landing position
Title: Great Blue Heron in landing position
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
Great Blue Heron in Glover Pond
Title: Great Blue Heron in Glover Pond
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
Great Blue Heron on the wing
Title: Great Blue Heron on the wing
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2014
Great Blue Heron on ice with ice
Title: Great Blue Heron on ice with ice
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2013
Great Blue Heron trying to remove the ice from its breast
Title: Great Blue Heron trying to remove the ice from its breast
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2013
One very cold Great Blue Heron
Title: One very cold Great Blue Heron
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2013