Great Blue Heron

A Great Blue Heron in-flight with nesting material | 01/15/2023

Description

The AmericanGreat KestrelBlue Heron is thea Americas'large smallestbluish falcon.heron It’swith aroundan theorange size ofbill, a Rock Dove (pigeon)white and hasinky similarblack markings on its face as the Peregrine Falcon. I see it most often at the park perched on power lines white it surveys the field. It does this cool maneuver where it flaps fasthead, and hoversyellow ineyes. the air while it looks for a meal.

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First observation

📆	12/01/11/10/2013
📍	Los Angeles, California

Captured media details

	Male	Female	Unknown
📸	✔️		✔️
🎙️

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Experiences & anecdotes

12/16/2022 - WhenIn my early birding days, I livedwould go birding with the local Audubon in California,Los IAngeles onlyoften sawat thisPlaya birddel occasionally. While I was in Huntington Beach,Rey. I remember awe Kestrelwould flutteringmeet aroundnear athe parkparking field.lot Itnext wasto perchingthe onlagoon. variousBirds powerlike polesthe Great Blue Heron and wouldGreat flutterEgret could be seen stomping around in the airshallow water. There were many tall trees along the water's edge and zipthe around.herons loved to nest high up in the canopy.

These birds have a wide range, coast to coast, from Mexico up to Canada. Everywhere I've lived, these birds have been a familiar face whenever I'm near water. I stalked it around the field watching it with my binoculars.

Nowadays, here in Texas, weoften see them allhunting in the time.water Ior almoststanding alwaysaround spotobserving their surroundings. Their large size and deliberate movements make them oneasy powersubjects linesto at Pearsall Park. Most aren’t skittish and will let me walk underneath them while they stay perched on the lines.photograph.

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Captured media

Photographs

AnThis AmericanGreat KestrelBlue hoveringHeron inobserves mid-airthe lookingwater foras athe snackglow of the afternoon light begins to turn orange | 01/08/2023

AI poofed-upvisited KestrelBalboa tryingLake toin staythe warmSan Fernando Valley and spotted this heron while walking the perimeter of the lake | 01/18/2014

TheA Americangroup Kestrelof looksherons offpicked intothis tree as a nesting location for the distanceseason | 04/20/2014

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Audio recordings

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