GREAT BLUE HERON (page 1)
(Ardea herodias)

 
Beginning on Page 3 is an amusing photo series of a Great Blue Heron attempting to swallow a large fish
         
           
               

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Great Blue Heron - breeding adult
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
March 5, 2006 ©John Schwarz 		  Great Blue Herons - courting ritual
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
December 27, 2005 ©John Schwarz
(My very favorite photo) 		     
Great Blue Herons - courting ritual
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
December 27, 2005 ©John Schwarz 		Great Blue Herons - mating
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
January 2005 ©John Schwarz
       
           
Great Blue Heron - breeding adult
Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, FL
January 18, 2006 ©John Schwarz 		           
Great Blue Heron - breeding adult
Lake Okeechobee, FL
April 6, 2005 ©John Schwarz
   
   
Great Blue Heron - breeding adult
Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, FL
January 21, 2006 ©John Schwarz 		    Great Blue Heron - chick in nest
Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, FL
March 3, 2006 ©John Schwarz
 
Great Blue Heron in flight
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
April 24, 2008 ©John Schwarz 		 
Great Blue Heron - white morph
Flamingo Gardens, Davie, FL
March 10, 2006 ©John Schwarz
(Also known as "Great White Heron")
                 note the pink legs
     
     
Great Blue Heron - breeding adult
Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, FL
January 21, 2006 ©John Schwarz 		      Great Blue Heron - with snake dinner
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
March 7, 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
       
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