OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Giant blue herons are flocking to Okaloosa County. Colorful 5-foot tall statues have been decorated by local artists. They're being unveiled this Wednesday. You'll be able to ...

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 ...

Our backyard pond, like any other, provides a smorgasbord of seafood for a variety of hungry predators that prowl the banks and shallows of this watery buffet. Bluegill sunfish, bass, small fry, ...

The bird family Ardeidae (ar-dee-ih-dee) includes the bitterns, egrets, and herons. Nearly 75 species wade waters worldwide, with representatives on every continent but Antarctica. An even dozen is ...

Do Great Blue Herons Migrate? “Is it normal for a great blue heron not to migrate? There’s one still fishing in our backyard ...

Mary Jean Ruhnke often paints birds to match her mood. For the first half of 2020, it was crows and ravens, dark symbols of the ongoing pandemic that the St. Hedwig artist captured in acrylics and ...

I spent a long weekend in Front Royal, Virginia, at a rental house with six of my fraternity brothers from my days at Gallaudet University. We spent the weekend retreat ...