Photos of Great Blue Herons

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Preening 1.jpg (23455 bytes)   Chicks 1.jpg (48700 bytes)   Oil Gland 1.jpg (24190 bytes)   Hunting 1.jpg (21258 bytes)   Hunting CU 1.jpg (15842 bytes)   Hunting CU 2.jpg (24878 bytes)   Mating 1.jpg (48957 bytes)    

These Great Blue Herons were photographed in Florida at a nesting rookery which also included Great Egrets, and Anhingas. The Great Blue Heron pairs display each time the male brings a stick for the nest, and this is sometimes followed by mating. Once the chicks are born, the parents feed them whole fish until the chicks are large enough to fledge.

   

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