Great Blue Herons #birds

Great Blue Herons are one of the most widespread species of wading birds in the Western Hemisphere 2024

Great Blue Herons occur all of the Southern Canada

Great Blue Herons have specialized feathers on their chest that continually grow and fray. The herons comb this “powder down” with a fringed claw on their middle toes, using the down like a washcloth to remove fish slime and other oils from their feathers as they preen.