Great Blue Heron Chick
Ardea herodias (chick)
Great Blue Heron chicks hatch in large stick nests built high in trees or shrubs near wetlands, rivers, or lakes. They are covered in grayish down and depend on their parents for regurgitated fish, amphibians, and other small aquatic prey. Even before they can fly, chicks jab with their bills and stretch their necks during feeding competition. A notable defense of young herons is regurgitating food when disturbed, which may discourage predators around the nest.
- Type
- Water
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Great Blue Heron Chick
- Great Blue Heron Juvenile
- Great Blue Heron