blue heron
Long-legged fisher
A blue heron is a large wading bird with long legs, a long neck, and blue-gray plumage, commonly seen standing motionless in shallow water while hunting fish.
The great blue heron is the most familiar North American species: A blue heron stood at the edge of the pond.
Often called simply "blue heron" in casual speech.
- wading birdFowl of shallow waters
- wadingTraversing shallow water on foot
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- coastal wetlandsSaturated shoreline ecosystems
shallow water · stilts · long legs · fishing · pond · feathers · graceful · stalking · standing still · wingspan · nest · rookery · solitary · patient · beak · gray · waterbird · lagoon
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- Blue Thingssky, ocean, sea, blueberry, blueberries
- fish-eatersosprey, kingfisher, pelican, cormorant, sea lion
- swampalligator, bayou, bald cypress, cattail, cottonmouth
- wading birdsegret, egrets, stilt, bittern, bitterns
- Estuary Wildlifeosprey, striped bass, oyster, egret, horseshoe crab
wading bird taxonomy
blue heroncrane
Lifter or wader
sandhill crane · whooping crane · stork · flamingo · egret
bird habitat and lifestyle
blue heronroadrunner
Fast terrestrial cuckoo
turkey · pheasant · quail · grouse · prairie chicken