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Winter Great Blue Heron Photographed Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|February 14th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, developing, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, occipital plumes, pond, shoreline, snow, urban, wading birds, water, winter|

Two days ago on my immature Double-crested Cormorant post I mentioned that prior to photographing the cormorant that I had been taking images of a Great Blue Heron, these two photos are of that heron.

Great Blue Heron Portrait

By Mia McPherson|August 2nd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: Ardea herodias, close up, coast, coastal, Great Blue Heron, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, occipital plumes, portrait, wading birds, water|

This Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) got up close and personal with me a few years ago in Florida, it largely ignored my presence altogether as it stalked prey on shore of the Gulf of Mexico.