Great Blue Heron photographed from directly below in flight, wings fully extended against a pale blue sky. Backlit feathers show detailed barring patterns. Legs trail behind the body.
Great Blue Heron overhead! Wingspan: 6 ft (1.8m) — wider than most humans are tall. Standing height: 4 ft (1.2m). Weight: about 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg). They're essentially a fishing spear disguised as a kite. Durham, NC. #BirdOfTheDay #LargeBirdsInFlight #GBHE
Great Blue Heron perched on a wooden post, bill open wide revealing a vivid orange-red gape and interior. Blue-gray plumage with shaggy breast feathers, backlit by soft green bokeh with sparkling highlights. Wispy feather filaments visible near the bill.
Great Blue Heron on a post, mid-yawn, showing off its vivid orange gape that you don't see when the beak is closed.
Even dinosaurs need to stretch. Durham, NC.
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Huge pointed beak open, a large, somewhat dinosaurian heron stalks through the lily leaves on large pond.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), 19th July 2024
es: Garza Azulada, fr: Grand Héron
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 941mm, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 640
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A somewhat fluffed-up heron stands in its reflection at the edge of a woodland pond.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), 3rd October 2024
es: Garza Azulada, fr: Grand Héron
Village Park Lands, Ithaca, New York
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 481mm, 1/400s, f/8, ISO 4000
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A tall, bluish-grey heron stands sidelit by the morning light along the river's edge.
A Great Blue Heron hunts the river's edge in the beautiful morning light.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
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A large bluish grey heron is taking off from a tree branch, flying toward the left, with yellow and orange autumn leaves in the background.
Great Blue Heron taking to the wing from its perch in a tree on the riverbank.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
October 2024
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Surrounded by rich foliage of all sorts, a gray heron stands tall in the middle of a lilypond.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), 3rd August 2024
es: Garza Azulada, fr: Grand Héron
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 560mm, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 640
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Close-up photo of a large bluish-grey heron (great blue heron) facing toward the left, bathed in the warm morning light.
Great Blue Heron in the beautiful morning light.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
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A Tail of Two Birdies. Kehl Lake, Northport, Michigan.
A Red-winged Blackbird harassing a Great Blue Heron.
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#redwingedblackbird #rwbl #greatblueheron #gbhe
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A large grey heron is flying from left to right with out of focus very dark green trees in the background, all of which is bathed in the warm light of dusk.
Another example of when my camera's Highlight Priority metering mode saved the day, preventing this Great Blue Heron from being a blown-out white blob against the dark background.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2024
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the long extended neck and head of a great blue heron peers in front if a roiling waterfall
Quit my job today. A world of anxious unknowns await.
#birds #heron #gbhe
Goodnight from me, @botaniphile.bsky.social, and this great blue heron we hung out with earlier this evening.
#GBHE #herons #birding
A large bluish grey heron is standing on a tree branch, facing toward the left, with yellow and orange autumn leaves in the background.
A large bluish grey heron is taking off from a tree branch, flying toward the left, with yellow and orange autumn leaves in the background.
A large bluish grey heron is taking off from a tree branch, flying toward the left, with yellow and orange autumn leaves in the background.
A Sudden Goodbye, in three parts.
(Great Blue Heron)
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
October 2024
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Great Blue Heron
Lake Kennedy, Tucson, AZ (2/25/20)
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great blue heron landing in the swampy shallows. wings outstretched and curved in to steady itself for the landing.
Great Blue Heron requires your attention
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Frozen in the act of landing, a large blue heron hovers upright, wings wide, above a large sunlit pond.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), 8th September 2022
es: Garza Azulada, fr: Grand Héron
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 65% crop, 1/2000s, f/10, ISO 5000
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A large grey heron is flying from left to right with out of focus green trees in the background, all of which is bathed in the warm light of dusk.
One of the few photos I managed to get of a Great Blue Heron this year. Not sure why they were so elusive; they're usually quite common.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2024
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A large bluish grey heron is flying from right to left with out of focus bright yellow and orange leaves filling the background.
Great Blue Heron helping me to show off the local fall foliage. (from a couple months ago)
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
October 2024
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A large bluish grey heron is flying from right to left with out of focus bright red and orange leaves filling the background.
We are at the tail end of the autumn splendor, but there's still enough colour in the leaves to make a nice backdrop for a Great Blue Heron.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
October 2024
📸 #birds #GBHE #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A large grey heron is flying from left to right with out of focus green trees in the background, all of which is bathed in the warm light of dusk.
The local Great Blue Herons mostly eluded me this summer, but I got a few nice shots of this one as it flew past in the warm evening light.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2024
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A great blue heron is caught in the warm light of sunset as if flies past with out of focus dark green trees in the background.
One of the few photos I've managed to get of a Great Blue Heron this summer. They're doing a great job avoiding me!
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2024
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A great blue heron flies diagonally across the frame with wings spread wide against a dull grey sky.
I'm not seeing many Great Blue Herons this summer, and I've photographed almost none. Very odd. Here's one of the few I've gotten.
Burton, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2024
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A tall, grey heron stands backlit amongst the grasses along the river's edge.
This is the last photo to share from my early morning session with this stately Great Blue Heron last summer.
Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2023
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A great blue heron with wings spread wide as it comes to land in tall green grass.
Great Blue Heron with air brakes fully engaged.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2023
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A great blue heron stands in shallow water, staring at its next meal.
Great Blue Heron with its eye on the prize.
Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2023
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Great Blue Heron doing its best to keep its feet dry while searching for lunch.
Mactaquac, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2023
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Great Blue Heron stalking the reeds along the riverbank in its never-ending search for literally anything small enough to eat.
Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2023
📷 #birds #heron #GBHE #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Sigma500f4
