Do Great Blue Herons Migrate? “Is it normal for a great blue heron not to migrate? There’s one still fishing in our backyard ...

Widespread and familiar (though often called 'crane'), the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers or lakeshores, or flying high overhead, with slow wingbeats, ...

If beaten with a pole or long stick, they throw themselves on their back, cry aloud, and strike with their bill and claws with great force. I have shot some on trees, which, although quite dead, clung ...

You can see this heron in Oklahoma along streams. ponds. and lakes. The bird stands in the shallows not moving a muscle until the split second its prey comes within striking distance. The great blue ...

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. This park is named after the gray-feathered predatory bird with a yellow bill, the blue heron (Ardea ...