A colony of egrets numbering in the hundreds call southwest Fresno home this winter. They roost roughly in the area south of California Avenue, just east of West Avenue, and north of Jensen Avenue.

Unless you live on the water, you probably don’t see a lot of egrets and herons in your backyard. These are mostly wetlands birds, made for foraging in the shallows with their long leg legs and ...

Long ago, the vulture was believed to signal impending doom. In modern-day Tarrant and Johnson counties, it’s the cattle egret we dread. Over the past 60 years, the eastern half of Texas has become a ...

The great egret, Ardea alba, is a tall and stately bird, graceful in flight, deliberate and stealthy when hunting. It is a magnificent sight and entertaining to watch, making it a favorite with ...

Earlier this month, Wichita Falls officials announced that they were doing battle with a familiar foe: the cattle egret. You’ve probably seen one before, even if you didn’t know its name—it’s a tall, ...

An egret that clearly had places to be stunned scientists conducting what they believe to be the first-ever GPS tracking study of these large waterbirds in Australia. Data revealed that the bird took ...