What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

Stealth, secrecy and patience – that is the hunting mode of a green heron, one of the many avian residents of Little Swamp Sanctuary in Shepherd, Michigan. Once called the green-backed heron, this ...

July is teenaged bird season for many birds. This is a time when the babies have their feathers and are making those first tentative forays outside the nest. They may or may not be able to fly yet, ...

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 ...

SEATTLE – Near a small pond on Renton’s western edge, nests of great blue herons, perched up to 100 feet high in a stand of cottonwood trees, appear safe from any danger from below. But not from above ...

For years, I’ve wanted to photograph nesting great blue herons. Herons are neat birds and they’re beautiful in flight. Their slow, deliberate wing beats make them appear to move in slow motion, ...