More Animals!
Blue Heron
General Information
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The blue heron is the largest heron in North America, known for its hunched head and blue plume. The bird is extremely adaptable; it can be found anywhere from freshwater rivers to subtropical swamps. Populations in the North migrate during the winter, though Southern populations may not migrate.
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Its primary diet is fish, but it may also eat many other things including frogs, turtles, insects, and rodents.
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Blue herons at the Boneyard
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Though blue herons are not extremely common at the Boneyard, on a good day you may find one foraging for food in the shallow waters.
Belted Kingfishers
​Belted Kingfishers are easily recognizable by their rattling call and blue-grey feathers. They spend most days perched along the edge of the water, where they wait for food to come along. They primarily eat things such as fish and crayfish, and after diving headfirst to acquire their prey they bang it against a perch and then swallow it. Since their diet for the most part consists of solely aquatic animals, during the winter they must migrate somewhere warmer where the water doesn’t freeze.
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Unusually for birds, the female belted kingfishers are brighter than the males. During the breeding season the birds find mates, and together they build a nest near the water and protect it against preadators with their loud call.
Muskrats
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