Great Blue Heron
| Ardea herodias | Order: Pelecaniformes | Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) |
Ardea herodias
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
Our largest heron weighs about the same as a newborn baby—from 6–8 pounds. Some Great Blue Herons nest in colonies called heronries; others are fairly territorial and nest in isolated pairs. The long hind toe makes perching in trees easy. Most stick nests are constructed in trees.
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Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Reflections on a Wall on Flag Day 2023
- Birds in Art, Part 2: The 2022 Exhibit at the Woodson Art Museum 2022
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 2022
- Two projects for helping birds 2021
- Florida the Magnificent 2021
- The Chipmunk Stalker 2020
- Stress Marks 2020
- Hunkered Down at Spinney's 2019
- How Lisa Found Childlike Delight through Photography 2018
- Listener Favorite: Steve Dahlberg's Great Blue Heron 2018
- Review: National Geographic field guide, Seventh Edition 2017
- Worst-Case Scenarios 2017
- First Warbler Walk of the year 2017
- "Dad" the Great Blue Heron 2016
- The Quality of Mercy Can Be Strained, Part I 2016
- Bird Tongues Part 2 2014
- Moseying toward New England 2013
- San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 2012
- Helping Birds in Extreme Heat 2012
- Cornell Heron Cam: Science and Emotion Both, Part II 2012
- Cornell's Heron Cam: Science and Emotions Together 2012
- Personalizing Herons 2012
- Midnight Madness in a Great Blue Heron Nest! 2012
- What Is a Brood Patch? 2012
- Great Blue Heron Nest Cam! 2012
- Cornell's Red-tailed Hawk Nest Cam 2012
- Groundhog Day in Washington D.C. 2012
- Whooping Cranes at 28 Degrees F! 2011
- Drama in a Wetland 2011
- Prolonged Autumn 2009
- Great Blue Herons Nesting in Sapsucker Woods 2009
- New Camera 2009
- Great Blue Heron Nest in Sapsucker Woods! 2009
- Sapsucker Woods 2008
- DVD Review: Robert Baldwin's A Loon Story 2007
- Birding at Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge 2006
- Great Blue Heron colony 2006
- Easter Weekend in Port Wing 2006
- Great Blue Heron colony 2005
- Gyrchannel's Birds in the News 2005
- Birds in the News 2004
- The Vietnam Memorial 2003
- Herons and Monofilament 2003
- Great Blue Heron (Placeholder) 2003
- Shorebirds 2003
- Home from Ohio 2003
- Great Blue Heron 2003
- Hunting 2001
- Pileated Woodpeckers and other striking birds 2001
- Slow Down! You Move Too Fast (Re-recorded) 2000
- The Land of Giant Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes 1999
- Egrets and Herons (Placeholder) 1997
- Spring Arrives 1996
- Spring! 1996
- Lakewood Pumping Station 1995
- Great Blue Heron (Placeholder) 1993
- Birds People Seldom Think of Singing 1989
- Baby Bird Biology, Part I 1989
- Avian Spearfishing 1989
- Slow Down! 1989
- Florida Birds 1988
- Autumn Dawn 1988
- Dog Days 1988
- Jolly Times at an Elderhostel 1988
- Bald Eagle 1988
- Welcome to WOJB and KBEM with Ogden Nash 1987
- Birding by Canoe 1987
- Birding from a Car with Kids 1987
- Migration Update 1987
- Slow Down! You Move Too Fast (Original) 1987
- Weird Bird Songs and Calls 1987
- Kim Eckert's birding class 1987
- Fly Up and Tell 'Em You're from Duluth! 1986
- Informal Poll Results 1986