Birds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
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General Description: Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) are large, blue-gray herons. The head is white, the crown is black, and the bill is yellow. Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae Favored Habitat: Around Las Vegas, marshes and ponds. |
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Where to Find: Neighborhood ponds, parks (e.g., Lorenzi Park and Sunset Park), the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, and Boulder Beach Marina at Lake Mead NRA. To find them in more natural habitat, visit the Pahranagat Valley or the Overton Wildlife Management Area. Comments: Great Blue Herons feed in the water for fish and bugs; they also forage on land for mice, lizards, and anything else they can catch. |
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If you were a tasty fish or maybe this little turtle, this might be the last face you ever see! |
 Great Blue Heron hunting in salt water |
 Great Blue Heron hunting in fresh water |
 Ding Darling NWR, Florida |
 Great Blue Heron in the Galapagos Islands |
 Wall Spring Park, Florida |
 Wall Spring Park, Florida |
 Great Blue Heron |
 Great Blue Heron facial pattern |
 Sunning |
 Sunning |
 GBH takes flight with neck and legs stretched out, ... |
 ... but then pulls the neck in during level flight |
 Success! Great Blue Heron catches (and later eats) a fish. |
 Great Blue Heron nest with fledglings; Dunedin, Florida |
 Great Blue Heron catches a little turtle |
 Great Blue Heron trying to swallow little turtle |
 Great Blue Heron swallowing little turtle |
 Great Blue Heron with little turtle in its throat |
 Great Blue Herons dancing in territorial boundary-defense behavior |
 Hopeful monster |
 Great Blue Heron in the Galapagos Islands |
 Great Blue Heron on mud flats |
 Great Blue Heron in the Virgin River, Zion National Park |
 Great Blue Heron fishing in the Virgin River, Zion National Park |
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