Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The great blue heron is a powerful creature with a unique hunting ability. In the video shown above, you can see it using its long, spear-like bill to try to subdue and eat a water snake. However, ...

Barely moving, the tall grayish-blue bird lurked through the reeds along the pond’s edge. Ever so slowly turning its head, searching for prey. Suddenly, without warning, the bird thrust its long ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 24—ROCHESTER — The passage of time has not lessened the sense of stinging disappointment for a Rochester environmental group ...

Have you ever seen a great blue heron nest or rookery? Find out where, when, and how these magnificent birds mate and raise their young.

A photographer in Texas has unwittingly captured an extraordinary two-image sequence showing a great blue heron immediately before and after it was ambushed by a stealthy predator. Can you spot 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, ...

Great blue herons are long of this world, an old species, fossils dating back at least 14 million years. In certain poses these birds can show that ancient age. If you google the bird it's hard to ...

At 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of up to 6 feet, and weighing about 6½ pounds, the great blue heron is one of the largest — and most impressive — birds in Massachusetts. Whether standing statuesque at ...