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GBH in silhouette
A great blue heron silhouetted against the bright morning sky during a draw-down at Prewitt Reservoir in NE Colorado.
Date: 08/26/2006
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Classic flight pose
Unlike cranes, herons fold their necks back during flight.
Date: 08/04/2007
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GBH with nesting material
Herons set up house keeping in early spring in communal rookeries high in the trees. They often share their rookeries with other heron species and cormorants.
Date: 05/28/2010
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Great blue heron rookery
This small great blue heron rookery on an island in Prewitt Reservoir was also a favorite loafing spot for hundreds of American white pelicans.
Date: 04/01/2006
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Great blue heron in smartweed
A juvenile GBH in late summer stands in a dense patch of smartweed on a sandbar in the South Platte River.
Date: 08/23/2008
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To fly, or not to fly
Date: 08/23/2008
Views: 314
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Young great blue heron takes wing
Date: 08/23/2008
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Great blue heron displayimg winter's costs
Those herons that choose to stay behind in winter risk freezing off their toes as this one apparently learned the hard way.
Date: 02/22/2009
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