Where to See Great Blue Heron in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

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Great Blue Heron sightings in Columbia River Gorge

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Where Great Blue Heron has been reported, from 227 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM1% of the busiest hour4 AM2% of the busiest hour5 AM12% of the busiest hour6 AM80% of the busiest hour7 AMBusiest hour8 AM82% of the busiest hour9 AM68% of the busiest hour10 AM60% of the busiest hour11 AM55% of the busiest hourNoon52% of the busiest hour1 PM55% of the busiest hour2 PM60% of the busiest hour3 PM68% of the busiest hour4 PM78% of the busiest hour5 PM88% of the busiest hour6 PM96% of the busiest hour7 PM72% of the busiest hour8 PM25% of the busiest hour9 PM7% of the busiest hour10 PM2% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Great Blue Heron is most seen 7 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Great Blue Heron sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	1%
4 AM	2%
5 AM	12%
6 AM	80%
7 AM	100%
8 AM	82%
9 AM	68%
10 AM	60%
11 AM	55%
Noon	52%
1 PM	55%
2 PM	60%
3 PM	68%
4 PM	78%
5 PM	88%
6 PM	96%
7 PM	72%
8 PM	25%
9 PM	7%
10 PM	2%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Great Blue Heron on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Columbia River Gorge, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Columbia River Gorge Tour Guide

Wait for the Heron to Strike

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“Along Steigerwald's wetland trails, a great blue heron may look like a blue-gray post in the shallows. That stillness is how it hunts.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Columbia River Gorge Tour Guide.

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Wildlife

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74 sightingsChinook SalmonOncorhynchus tshawytschaMost seen 8–10 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

170 sightingsCoho SalmonOncorhynchus kisutchMost seen 7–9 AMSighting map

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Where to see Great Blue Heron in Columbia River Gorge