Activities for Children at Home:

Activity #1

1. Draw a Great Blue Heron flying or two adult Great Blue Herons courting and color in the gold beak, grey wedding plumes etc. in your sketch book or on an 8- 1/2 by 11 piece of paper. Choose whatever photo you like from our photo gallery.
   
   

     

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2. Draw a timeline of the great blue heron breeding season using Life cycle of the Great Blue heron.

3. Write a report on the Great Blue Heron using the information on our website:
   Great Blue Heron Life Cycle & Cool Facts
   History of the Stow Lake Heron Colony
   

   • What type of nest does the heron make?

   • What is the diet of the great blue heron?

   • What is the heron's habitat?

   • What kind of beak does the heron have?

   • Name the predators of the great blue heron.

   • What is special about the great blue heron?

Activity #2

Click here to download the Heron Word Search.

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