Great Blue Heron

Description:

The Great Blue Heron has red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head.

Habitat:

It is common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America.

Notes:

The largest of all North American herons.