Great blue heron

The great blue heron is Manitoba’s largest and most familiar heron. It stalks the shallows of marshes, ponds and river edges, standing motionless before a lightning-fast strike. They return in spring as the ice goes out, and in flight they fold their long necks into an S-shape.

Great blue heron with wings spread, stepping through the reeds

Photos

  • Great blue heron standing on a driftwood log at the edge of a marsh at dusk
  • Great blue heron wading in shallow, grassy water
  • Great blue heron with wings spread, stepping through the reeds
  • Great blue heron standing in dry golden reeds
  • Great blue heron in flight against a deep blue sky
  • Great blue heron standing among cattails at the water's edge
  • Great blue heron standing tall in dry grass
  • Close-up of a great blue heron's plumage and yellow eye
  • Great blue heron perched in dark reeds
  • Great blue heron flying overhead with wings spread wide

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