Great Blue Heron

Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Bartlett Pond in Northborough.

Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Bartlett Pond in Northborough.

Mason Missaggia photographed this great blue heron at Westborough Wildlife Management Area.

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

Rebecca Cutting photographed this great blue heron in Sudbury.

Gail Sartori photographed this great blue heron on the partially iced over Dudley Pond in Wayland.

Gail Sartori photographed a mallard, a Canada goose, and a great blue heron at SVT's Upper Mill Brook Conservation Area in Wayland.

Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Bartlett Pond in Northborough.

Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Jim DeLuco photographed these great blue heron chicks at their nest in Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.