Scientific Name: Ardea herodias
Range / Habitat: The Great Blue Heron is found throughout most of North America, as far north as Alaska and the southern Canadian provinces. The range extends south through Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean to South America.
Field Notes: Very large gray-blue wader. It is long legged and long
necked. It is approximately four feet tall or forty-six inches (one
hundred seventeen centimeters) with a wingspan of six to seven feet.
The bird is about seventy-two inches wide (one hundred eighty-three
centimeters). It has a blue-gray color on its belly, body, and wings.
The great blue heron is not very blue. The bird's bill is yellow,
long, thick, and sharp. The bird's shoulder is black. The bird's back
is mainly a slate-gray color. It has a brownish-buff colored neck
with a black being a border. White is the color in front of its neck
with a vertical streak that is black. The bird's head is white with a
black stripe above its eye. The heron weighs anywhere from five to
eight pounds (two to three kilograms). A male and female heron
generally have the same description.
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