https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h en-us 2017-01-04 01:41:39 UTC 2017-01-09 17:30:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145761347 The Great Blue Heron does migrate. It migrates in the fall, although some  stay in the northern part of range.]]> 2017-01-06 18:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145761347 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145762077 Long legged, tall, slate gray body, long neck, 6 foot wing span, 3-4 feet tall, rusty red thighs, yellowish bill]]> 2017-01-06 18:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145762077 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145762550 It eats;
frogs
fish
salamanders
snakes 
lizards 
shrimp
crab,
crayfish
dragonflies
grasshoppers
aquatic insects
birds
small mammals like mice

]]> 2017-01-06 18:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145762550 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145763367 can be found in;
marshes
rivers
lakes
salt water shores
ponds]]> 2017-01-06 18:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145763367 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145763817 snakes and raccoons eat there chicks and eggs

There biggest challenge or threat is humans because, we hunt them]]> 2017-01-06 18:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145763817 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145764405 Blue herons hunt alone

Chicks can survive on their own by about 2 years of age

Carnivore

Highly adaptable ]]> 2017-01-06 18:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145764405 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145764854 The Blue Heron keeps balance between fish and insect population]]> 2017-01-06 18:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145764854 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145765670 Migration

]]> 2017-01-06 19:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145765670 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145766198 http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/greatblueheron.htm

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/great-blue-heron/

http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-blue-heron

http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/6429579/?source=gallery

http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/living/marinelife/birds/specieslist/spp_blueheron.html

]]> 2017-01-06 19:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145766198 https://padlet.com/crdouthit/l4xdlmmkxe0h/wish/145886295 Crows and ravens eat heron eggs. Hawks, bears, eagles, raccoons and turkey vultures have been known to prey on young and adult herons.
^Direct quote from
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldguide/critter/great_blue_heron

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