Great Blue Heron

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.

Nancy Wright photographed an eastern phoebe, great blue herons, a muskrat, and ring-necked ducks at Hoccomocco Pond in Westborough.

Jon Turner photographed a barred owl and a great blue heron in Boxborough.

Raj Das photographed these great blue heron chicks in a nest at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.

Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and hooded mergansers at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.

Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle and a great blue heron at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.

Steve Forman photographed a house sparrow, mute swans, and a great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.