Great Blue Heron
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Great Blue Heron
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to coastal Spain, the Azores, and areas of far southern Europe.
An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. It is unknown whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species. The status of white individuals known to occur elsewhere in the Caribbean, and their existence is rarely found elsewhere besides in eastern North America.
This bird was photographed at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum near Tucson, Arizona.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition.
Image copyright 2022 Jon Burch Photography.
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May 28th, 2022
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