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Great Blue Heron gazing at sunset Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Herons and red wing blackbird Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron standing in rookery nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron stamps down twigs at nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron joins mate to inspect nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron arranging twigs in springtime nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron busy fixing nest for first clutch Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron profile standing on nest
Great Blue Heron arranging twigs in tree nest. Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron facing sunset standing on nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron at spring nest with crow watching Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron couple at nest in NYS FingerLakes Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron stands proudly on new spring nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron sitting on branch inspecting nest Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron standing on nest in springtime Royalty Free Stock Photo
Great Blue Heron, largest of the North American herons with long legs, a sinuous neck, and thick, daggerlike bill. Height 4 feet, wingspan 7 feet. Head, chest, and wing plumes give a shaggy appearance. Breeding birds gather in colonies or heronries or rookeries around remote bodies of water to build stick nests high off the ground. Male Great Blue Herons collect much of the nest material, gathering sticks from the ground and nearby shrubs and trees, and from unguarded and abandoned nests, and presenting them to the female. She weaves a platform and a saucer-shaped nest cup, lining it with pine needles, moss, reeds, dry grass, mangrove leaves, or small twigs.


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