Great Blue Heron

Slate gray, with a blue tinge that gives the bird its name, the Great Blue Heron has black shoulder patches, a white face, and a white crown that is underscored by black eye-stripes ending in slender plumes. Long plumes also extend from the slender, elongated body at the neck, breast, and back. The bird has a thick yellow bill and long, stilt-like brownish or greenish legs with chestnut thigh feathers.