Great blue herons have a wingspan of over six feet!
This photo is of a great blue heron flying over Eagle Creek reservoir in Indiana. I was lucky enough to take this photo on a day that I had rented a super-telephoto lens. These types of lenses allow you to get extremely sharp photos of birds at a distance. To learn more about the great blue heron, read this article from August 2021 that we wrote about them.
Did you know?
- The scientific name for the great blue heron is Ardea herodias.
- They breed in colonies called heronries.
- Young great blue herons learn to fly around day 60!
- The eggs incubate for about 4 weeks with both parents taking turns
- Their wingspan is over 6 feet!
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