{"id":2559,"date":"2022-02-16T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/?page_id=2559"},"modified":"2022-02-16T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T23:39:43","slug":"how-to-spot-a-great-blue-heron","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/?page_id=2559","title":{"rendered":"How to spot a Great Blue Heron &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solito-2022-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"How to spot a Great Blue Heron\" class=\"wp-image-2539\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solito-2022-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solito-2022-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solito-2022-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solito-2022.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Blue Herons are most easily spotted near water, where they hunt for food. &nbsp;Look for them at the edge of ponds, marshes or lakes. &nbsp;You may spot a Great Blue Heron standing in shallow water quietly waiting to strike at an unsuspecting fish. &nbsp;Great Blue Herons eat fish, shellfish, insects, snakes, frogs and even small rodents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may find Great Blue Herons taking cover in shrubs and bushes or perched high in the trees. &nbsp;They build large bulky nests out of twigs, sticks and mud which are easy to see. &nbsp; If you spot Great Blue Herons enjoy watching them but be kind and don&#8217;t disturb their nests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo taken by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greglasley.net\">Greg Lasley, Wildlife Photographer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Herons are most easily spotted near water, where they hunt for food. &nbsp;Look for them at the edge of ponds, marshes or lakes. &nbsp;You may spot a Great Blue Heron standing in shallow water quietly waiting to strike at an unsuspecting fish. &nbsp;Great Blue Herons eat fish, shellfish, insects, snakes, frogs and even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2539,"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\/2559"}],"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=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2559\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}