Great Blue Heron

Photograph of a bird, a Great Blue Heron, wading in a river. It is a large bird, facing left.  on the right side of the picture. It has a gray body and neck. Its head is white with a wide blue stripe the width of its head passing through its eye. Its beak is primarily yellow with some blue on the top. It has one leg and foot submerged in the water while the other is raised and is reaching toward the left.
The background is in 3 parts. The river is at the bottom, the mud bank is in the middle, and the top is green foliage.
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; SEP 2025

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