Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
The Great Blue heron is found
throughout the west coast of British Columbia mostly dieting on
fish and frogs, sometimes, snakes, mice, salamanders and insects.
The Blue Heron are hunters
of patience and self control. The marine bird will stand in shallow
water for hours waiting for their prey to come within reach of
their long beak and neck. When the prey is within striking distance
the Blue Heron will suddenly lunge its beak forward into the water
and snap onto the prey pulling it up out of the water in its mouth.
The Blue Heron is a treat to watch in flight.
It has a large wing span at times looking overwhelmed. The great
sea bird when in flight glides in for a landing toward its perch
and on the approach raises its legs and back pedals his wings
until the heron is almost hovering at a stand still dropping slowly
onto its perch.
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Blue Heron
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