Skip to main content

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by gatorfellows
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

33.1472, -97.0217

Field Notes

Description:

Largest of the North American herons with long legs, a sinuous neck, and thick, daggerlike bill. Head, chest, and wing plumes give a shaggy appearance. Great Blue Herons appear blue-gray from a distance, with a wide black stripe over the eye.

Habitat:

This heron could not decide which stump it wanted to perch on and kept hopping from one to another to another. It landed int he water and did not like that spot, so went back to the stumps. Lake Lewisville.

Reference Links:

Great Blue Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (0)

Be the first to comment

Sign in to comment

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Birds of the World
Mission
Global Flight
Mission
Birds of Texas
Mission
Texas Master Naturalist Program - Nature Indentification
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

Tags

Photographed
PublishedMay 25, 2013

Community Sponsor

Butterfly
Become a Community Sponsor and Help Grow our Global Movement!

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Butterflies icon
Become a Community Sponsor

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon

Nature & Conservation Organizations

Brands & Mission-Focused Companies