Great Blue Heron

Steve Forman photographed a mallard, an ant, a great blue heron, and a mallard duckling at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Gail Sartori photographed great blue herons at nests in Stow.

Steve Forman photographed an eastern forktail damselfly and a great blue heron at Farm Pond in Framingham.

Eric Crockwell photographed a fishing great blue heron, a green heron, and a tufted titmouse along the Boroughs Loop Trail in Southborough.

Nancy Wright photographed a great blue heron and a tree swallow at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.

Nancy Wright photographed a common grackle, a great blue heron, a great egret, and a song sparrow at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.

Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and a painted turtle at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Dan Trippe photographed a great blue heron and a hybrid mallard x American black duck at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury.

Judy Clawson photographed a great blue heron and painted turtles at Duck Pond in the Town of Sudbury's Hop Brook Marsh Conservation Land.

Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.