The Great Blue Heron
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Scientific Name: Ardea herodias
Description: The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron in America. It is a large bird, with a slate-grey body, and very long legs and neck. Juveniles have a dark crown without plumes or fluff, and a splattered colored neck. The Great Blue Heron is 2 feet tall, and 3’ 7”-4’ 9” long.
Description: The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron in America. It is a large bird, with a slate-grey body, and very long legs and neck. Juveniles have a dark crown without plumes or fluff, and a splattered colored neck. The Great Blue Heron is 2 feet tall, and 3’ 7”-4’ 9” long.
Habitat: They live on open coasts, marshes, sloughs, riverbanks, lakes, and backyard goldfish ponds.
Diet: The Great Blue Heron eats fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, insects, and other birds.
Offspring: The Great Blue Heron lays up to 6 eggs in 1 nest, and the babies hatch after 27-28 days.
Diet: The Great Blue Heron eats fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, insects, and other birds.
Offspring: The Great Blue Heron lays up to 6 eggs in 1 nest, and the babies hatch after 27-28 days.
Predators: Northwest crows and common ravens eat heron eggs. Eagles, raccoons, bears, turkey vultures, and red tailed hawks prey on the young birds and sometimes even the adults.
Facts: The Great Blue Heron has 500 nests per colony.
The Great Blue Heron is able to mate after 22 months.
The Great Blue Heron reproduce once yearly.
The Great Blue Herons average lifespan in the wild is 15 years
Facts: The Great Blue Heron has 500 nests per colony.
The Great Blue Heron is able to mate after 22 months.
The Great Blue Heron reproduce once yearly.
The Great Blue Herons average lifespan in the wild is 15 years
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_blue_heron
http://www.birdweb.org/BIRDWEB/bird/great_blue_heron
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/great-blue-heron/
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Ardea_herodias/
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/
http://www.bioexpedition.com/great-blue-heron/
www.audubon.org
https://youtu.be/H-HTZzi4Mqo