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 ...
At the Blue Heron Nature Preserve, art and nature are intertwined. For 11 years, the preserve, a sprawling green space in north Buckhead, has welcomed artists to create and install works for its ...
Today we meet the little blue heron. It’s a heron that’s little and blue. Most of the time. The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is known as the garceta azul in Spanish, which translates right ...
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, ...
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7 Fascinating Great Blue Heron Facts

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 ...
No one, not even New Yorkers, can be prepared for a showdown between a rat and a blue heron. The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on ...
I’ve never set out to harass a blue heron, but the truth is, it happens sometimes. The harassment is mild, but if herons could talk, they would no doubt complain raucously. It always occurs in a ...