{"id":2534,"date":"2022-02-16T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/?page_id=2534"},"modified":"2022-02-16T20:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T02:45:17","slug":"great-blue-heron-largest-species-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/?page_id=2534","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron is the largest species in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/close_up-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Great Blue Herons the largest species in North America\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/close_up-2022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/close_up-2022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/close_up-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/close_up-2022-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Great Blue Heron is the largest species of heron in North America. &nbsp;Distinctive because of their size they stand 4ft tall and can weight up to 6lbs. &nbsp;Their feathers are mostly white with slate grey-blue spots and slat-like flight feathers. &nbsp;They have &nbsp;an elongated neck and long yellow bill, up to 6\u2033 long. &nbsp;Great Blue Herons are sometimes mistaken for Sandhill Cranes. &nbsp;Look for Great Blue Herons while camping in Saskatchewan this summer but be kind and don\u2019t disturb their nests or habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo taken by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greglasley.net\/\">Greg Lasley, Wildlife Photographer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Blue Heron is the largest species of heron in North America. &nbsp;Distinctive because of their size they stand 4ft tall and can weight up to 6lbs. &nbsp;Their feathers are mostly white with slate grey-blue spots and slat-like flight feathers. &nbsp;They have &nbsp;an elongated neck and long yellow bill, up to 6\u2033 long. &nbsp;Great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2606,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534\/revisions\/2585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}