Baby Great Blue Herons (Guide with Pictures) - Birdfact
What do juvenile blue herons look like? Juvenile blue herons are brownish overall, with more loose, disheveled feathers. Their crowns are dark gray; the outer edges of their wings have light rust-brown coloration. Young great blue herons generally wear their juvenile plumage in June through October.
Great Blue Heron Identification - All About Birds
Whether poised at a river bend or cruising the coastline with slow, deep wingbeats, the Great Blue Heron is a majestic sight. This stately heron with its subtle blue-gray plumage often stands motionless as it scans for prey or wades belly deep with long, deliberate steps.
Juvenile Great Blue Herons: Facts & Images
Juvenile great blue herons reach full adulthood after two years, at which point they take on the characteristic steel-blue plumage of an adult. Before becoming adults, these young birds must learn to survive on their own and begin their journey into adulthood.
Great Blue Heron - All About Birds
Whether poised at a river bend or cruising the coastline with slow, deep wingbeats, the Great Blue Heron is a majestic sight. This stately heron with its subtle blue-gray plumage often stands motionless as it scans for prey or wades belly deep with long, deliberate steps.
Great Blue Heron | Audubon Field Guide
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, its head hunched back onto its shoulders.
Great Blue Heron - eBird
Huge gray heron, no other similar species in range. Note large yellow-orange bill, short black plumes on head, and black and chestnut pattern on shoulder. Immatures are more brownish than adults, and have a dark crown. Fairly common and widespread throughout North America; wintering range extends to northern South America.
Great Blue Heron - Bluestone National Scenic River (U.S ...
2020年2月20日 · Great blue herons have dark grey bodies, brown necks, pale white cheeks and throat, and blue streaks on their heads and wings. Their grey bodies give off a bluish tint in different lights. Juvenile herons have grey heads.
The Great Blue Heron - Outdoor Illinois Journal
2023年5月1日 · Juvenile great blue herons have pale abdomens with streaking colors of brown, gray and white on their chests. When they reach adulthood, their “blue form” plumage develops. Their wing tips turn dark and a patch of white down feathers grows on their chest.