Great Blue Heron at Hopkins Pond

Haddonfield, NJ

The bustling village of Haddonfield, NJ is home to Hopkins Pond a wonderful place to watch birds a quick walk across the Hopkins Lane and you come out to one of Camden County Parks, Maria Greenwald Memorial Park formerly known as Pennypacker Park. Bill had quietly snuck up on this great blue heron as he waited for lunch to float by.

Great Blue Heron

The Great Blue Heron is common throughout most of the continental United States. Easily disturbed from the edges of ponds and lakes where it feeds, this large bird (46 inches long) seems to struggle to gain flight but once it's wings are fully extended to their 72 inches it quickly disappears.