Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Very similar to the Old World’s Grey Heron, the Great Blue Heron stands as tall as 54 inches and is the largest North American heron. These birds are prototypical ambush hunter; standing silently waiting for prey to come within sriking range, then reaching out at lighting speed to capture its prey.
Contrast this style to an active hunter such as the Snowy Egret, who uses quick movements to frighten prey into view, then chasing down its prey. I compare my preferred method of photography to these birds, and I tell people “I’m more Great Blue Heron than the Snowy Egret.”
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Catching a morsel at the Visitor Center on the north edge of Jackson, Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:16 12:16 |
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Location:
Jackson Visitor Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X2833-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Famosa Slough. Northern Point Loma, San Diego, California. |
Date Taken: 2008:09:20 8:00 |
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Location:
Famosa Slough |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 |
File Name: jcd1260GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Famosa Slough. Northern Point Loma, San Diego, California. |
Date Taken: 2008:09:20 8:08 |
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Location:
Famosa Slough |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: jcd1291GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Successfully foraging at Lindo Lake. Lakeside, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2008:10:11 8:58 |
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Location:
Lindo Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: jcd2364GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: A bird often found near the beach at Poe Road. Salton Sea Vicinity. Imperial County, California. |
Date Taken: 2009:07:06 17:58 |
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Location:
Poe Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: JCD3259.GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: A first summer bird at the slough near the mouth of the San Digito River. Del Mar, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:08:09 10:09 |
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Location:
San Diguito Slough |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD5131.GreatBlueHeron.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: A first summer bird at the slough near the mouth of the San Digito River. Del Mar, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:08:09 10:12 |
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Location:
San Diguito Slough |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD5147.GreatBlueHeron.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Two advanced juveniles. J Street at the bay, Chula Vista, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:27 7:35 |
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Location:
J-Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/40 |
File Name: JCD9641.GreatBlueHeron.Nest_ |
| © 2009 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Competition Dance at San Elijio Lagoon County Park & Ecological Reserve. Encinitas, California. |
Date Taken: 2001:06:24 18:16 |
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Location:
San Elijio Lagoon |
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Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, 0 mm, |
File Name: A1F24b22-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2001 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: A resident bird at Merced NWR, south of Merced, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:12:27 14:55 |
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Location:
Merced NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X5093-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Imperial Beach, San Diego, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:31 15:41 |
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Location:
Imperial Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X0993-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Foraging at Agua Caliente Park in North-Eastern Tucson, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:27 8:09 |
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Location:
Agua Caliente Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X1862-GreatBlueHeron-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: This pair was setting up house at Chula Vista Bayfront Park, Chula Vista, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:02:14 9:27 |
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Location:
Bayfront Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X2804-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Catching a pretty big dinner at the San Diguito River Mouth. Del Mar California. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:03:25 12:10 |
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Location:
San Diguito River Mouth |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/14.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X4573-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Skimming the surface on take-off on the Southeastern shore of the Salton Sea in Imperial County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:07:26 9:39 |
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Location:
Salton Sea |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X6541-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Looking for a fresh hunting spot while flying past me at the Salton Sea at Poe Road. Imperial County near Westmoreland, California. |
Date Taken: 2015:04:27 16:04 |
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Location:
Poe Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X7552-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: I found this birds in the protected waters at the fisherman's marina in Crescent City California. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:14 13:10 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X0409-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Day's end at Ramer Lake. Between Calpatria and Brawley in Imperial County and east of the Salton Sea, California. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:20 18:10 |
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Location:
Ramer Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: GreatBlueHeron_D5X6082 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: This bird is landing at what it hopes is a better fishing spot at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:12:19 13:31 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/13.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X4496-GreatBlueHeron |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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