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Impressive wingspan on Great Blue Heron

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Photo by Chris Bosak A Great Blue Heron comes in for a landing at a pond in New England, March 2016.

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A Great Blue Heron comes in for a landing at a pond in New England, March 2016.

Not the best photo, but gives you a good idea of just how big Great Blue Herons are — especially with wings outstretched.

They are tall and skinny when standing but have a wingspan of about 6 feet. That is about the same as a Bald Eagle (although some female Bald Eagles get even bigger.)

Great Blue Herons rank high on my “favorite bird” list. I have tons of photos to prove it. Below are a few more I’ve taken over the years.

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Great Blue in the Great North Woods

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Photo by Chris Bosak A Great Blue Heron flies across the scene at a pond in northern New Hampshire, Oct. 2014.

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A Great Blue Heron flies across the scene at a pond in northern New Hampshire, Oct. 2014.

Here’s a Great Blue Heron I found while I was canoeing on a small pond in northern New Hampshire during my recent trip to the “Great North Woods,” as the marketers have dubbed the area.

Many of the birds there had already moved south, but a few bird species were still around. I’ve already posted photos of Belted Kingfishers and Common Loons, and now here’s a heron. I have a few more to post before closing the books on my annual trip up north.

Photo by Chris Bosak A Great Blue Heron hunts on the shore of a pond in northern New Hampshire, Oct. 2014.

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A Great Blue Heron hunts on the shore of a pond in northern New Hampshire, Oct. 2014.