Great Blue Heron Artwork 0660

This beautiful Great Blue Heron has been lovingly hand painted digitally at high resolution. Hours, days and weeks often go into each of these... more

by Linda King

Title

Great Blue Heron Artwork 0660

Artist

Linda King

Medium

Painting - Hand Painted Digitally

Description

This beautiful Great Blue Heron has been lovingly hand painted digitally at high resolution. Hours, days and weeks often go into each of these pieces, with great care and TLC by Linda R. King.

The Great Blue Heron is a beautiful, elegant wading bird with long legs and an s-curved neck. It is among the largest herons in North America, and breeds throughout the year in South Florida. It stands between 3 to 4 feet tall with a wingspan of 5 to 6.5 feet. It is rather quiet compared to other species that are related, with 7 different calls.

The male and female herons are similar in appearance with the male being larger in size. Young Blue Herons are brown-gray in color on the back and upper wings, with a black cap.

Great Blue Herons live near lakes, rivers, canals, marshes, swamps, and saltwater seacoasts. They nest in trees and bushes near water and breed in wetlands and open water.

The heron feeds off fish, crabs, frogs, snakes, lizards, small mammals and aquatic insects. They are most active at dawn and dusk.

We are blessed to have a very large one that visits our pond frequently.

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January 7th, 2016