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The Great Blue Herons in Stanley Park

This bird is the largest and most widespread heron in North America, the Great Blue Heron

can be found in the trees, along the ocean shore or the edge of a small inland pond.

The Great Blue Heron eats mostly fish, however it is willing to eat other animals as well.

Several studies have found that mice are a very

important part of the herons diet, making up

almost half of what is fed to nestlings.

Great Blue Heron at Stanley Park          

The Great Blue Heron is a large, gray bird with long legs and an "S" shaped neck.  They have a long, thick,

yellow bill, and a black plume extending from behind the eye to the back of the neck. There are

shaggy feathers on the neck and back, with bluish gray wings, back and belly. Here in Vancouver they are seen in large

amounts at Stanley Park, they nest near the tennis courts close to the Park's Board Office.