A possibly rare bird found near Slidell sparked wonder and debate online over whether it was possibly a melanistic Great Blue ...

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 ...

That herons, egrets and ibises are such large and common birds wandering in our midst is a refreshing reality. I love how they just walk around like they own the place, which they do — at least as ...

During the school year, I am trapped inside during the most productive birding hours of the day. As the days get shorter and shorter, there is less of a chance for me to do any birding at all.

Along the shallow waters around Davenport's Credit Island, a lonely fisherman awaits its prey. The long-legged regal creature with bluish-gray feathers and elegant S-shaped neck, catches fish and ...

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 ...

Nesting season for wading birds is underway in Southwest Florida. The window of opportunity to see an amazing array of birds − like every type of heron, snowy and great egrets, roseate spoonbills and ...

An unprecedented number of great egrets — large, white wading birds from the South — have descended upon Lake Ontelaunee within the past week. Rudy Keller of District Township, who compiles the Berks ...