Great Blue Heron

Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, great blue herons, a double-crested cormorant, and mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron at the Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.

Craig Smith photographed an American robin, a great blue heron, an osprey, and a pair of red-winged blackbirds at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.

Rachel Stein photographed great blue herons at their nest in Lincoln.

Steve Forman photographed an eastern kingbird, great blue herons, and an osprey at Bolton Wildlife Management Area.

Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron, a marsh wren, a muskrat, a family of mute swans, a painted turtle, and a snapping turtle at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge...

Steve Forman photographed a gray catbird, a great blue heron, a snapping turtle, and a veery at Mass Audubon's Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary in Hopkinton.

Cindy Winer photographed this great blue heron at a nest at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury.

Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle, a great blue heron, a painted turtle, red-winged blackbirds, and a tree swallow at Great Meadows in Concord.

Joan Chasan photographed this great blue heron off Pelham Island Road in Wayland.