{"id":231,"date":"2013-11-18T03:26:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T03:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=231"},"modified":"2013-12-01T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T22:20:09","slug":"great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/18\/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My, my, this bird is really amazing! The Great Blue Heron was foraging at the time, a sight that one of the teachers in my school, Mr. Morgan, really wants to see. When you see a Great Blue Heron foraging like that, you must be still. Observe carefully (Trust me, this is what every birder on the planet says, so you must obey it while watching birds!)<\/p>\n<p>Great Blue Herons are normally quite stationary when foraging, probably because they can see more of the world, and prey can quickly be spotted. Any other pose and luck would run out fast (Unless you stuck your head underwater!)<br \/>\nHowever, luck came to this famished Great Blue Heron, and SPLASH! The Great Blue Heron was rewarded with a small transleucent fish. He opened his beak and.. \u00a0\u2026 That was when we got a photo of him, just as he was swallowing his catch. You can see more in the Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Thus concluding the Great Blue Heron article, we shall move on to the Gallery. However, check out my friend&#8217;s blog, which is animalsinmyworld.com.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Great White Heron (A subspecies)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-231 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/18\/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias\/great-blue-heron\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Great-Blue-Heron-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-235\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-235'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Blue Herons stand tall and stationary when feeding.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/18\/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias\/great-blue-heron-with-fish\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Great-Blue-Heron-with-Fish-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-234\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-234'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Blue Heron swallowing catch whole.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My, my, this bird is really amazing! The Great Blue Heron was foraging at the time, a sight that one of the teachers in my school, Mr. Morgan, really wants to see. When you see a Great Blue Heron foraging like that, you must be still. Observe carefully (Trust me, this is what every birder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12,18,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-of-north-america","category-family-ardeidae","category-genus-ardea","category-herons-and-allies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias)  - Old Bones Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/18\/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias)  - Old Bones Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My, my, this bird is really amazing! 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