Fun Facts about Great Blue Herons

from Madeliza

On Wednesday, I told you about our great blue heron that’s been hanging out in the pond lately. Here are a few fun facts about great blues from All About Birds:

Despite their impressive size, great blue herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones—a feature all birds.
Great blue herons can hunt day and night thanks to a high percentage of rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes that improve their night

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Our Great Great Blue

from Madeliza

For the past few days, we’ve been hosting a great blue heron in our pond! I get so excited every time the heron visits us because he’s such a beautiful and graceful sight.

I’ve tried a bunch of times to go out to the pond and snap a picture, but I haven’t had much luck. This past weekend, though, right before a wedding ceremony was about to begin, I received a text message from the wedding coordinator letting …

The Great Blue

from Jennifer and Chris

We’ve had a great blue heron making its home along the edge of the pond this summer. The bird stands tall and reed-like in the shallows along the bank, fishing for its meals. It doesn’t come every day–dining, we assume, at some of the area’s other ponds–but we see the heron often enough to consider him a regular.

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