Great Blue Heron

Description:

Landed on rocks in the middle of swift moving water. Waded to bottleneck in the river and began sweeping for fish

Habitat:

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 and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England. An all-white population found only in the Caribbean and southern Florida was once known as a separate species, the Great White

Notes:

Darker legs than expected of a Heron.