Great Blue Heron

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows along the Anhinga Trail. [December; Everglades National Park, Florida]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows along the Anhinga Trail. [December; Everglades National Park, Florida]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows along the Anhinga Trail. [December; Everglades National Park, Florida]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows along the Anhinga Trail. [December; Everglades National Park, Florida]

Moody panning shot of a Great Blue Heron along the Firehole River [October; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Great Blue Herons are common throughout the United States [February; Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas]

Fishing for the Great Blue Heron can mean catching not only fish, but also crayfish, snakes, frogs [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Fishing for the Great Blue Heron can mean catching not only fish, but also crayfish, snakes, frogs [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows of the Madison River [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Fishing for the Great Blue Heron can mean catching not only fish, but also crayfish, snakes, frogs [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows of the Madison River [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Fishing for the Great Blue Heron can mean catching not only fish, but also crayfish, snakes, frogs [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows of the Madison River [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Fishing for the Great Blue Heron can mean catching not only fish, but also crayfish, snakes, frogs [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows of the Madison River [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Fishing for the Great Blue Heron can mean catching not only fish, but also crayfish, snakes, frogs [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

A Great Blue Heron stalks the shallows of the Madison River [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Great Blue Heron rookery near Island Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Great Blue Heron rookery near Island Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Great Blue Heron rookery near Island Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota