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 ...

These birds feature a type of feather called “powder down.” Instead of molting, their tips slowly turn into waterproofing ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Megan Rohrssen speaks for the great blue herons of Winslow. “I’m hungry and the tide is out,” Rohrssen said after one took flight from its nest of sticks high in a maple tree, ...