I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. My property borders a freshwater marsh so the sighting of great blue herons ...

What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

Great blue herons must have the patience of Job. Because if you watch them carefully when they’re hunting, these tall, stately birds, standing knee-deep in water, can freeze like a statue for ...

This song would have to be near the top of a young little blue heron’s playlist. Yes, I realize this calls for an explanation. Compared to its larger relative, the great blue heron, the little blue ...

This past week my husband and I were driving home through the valley along Highway 113 north of Woodland. Suddenly my husband noticed a lot of birds in a field and pulled over to look. At first we ...

The great egret had returned on a late July morning to hunt in the shallow pond that borders our backyard. This is the second time in 22 years that we have seen that species here, other than an ...