Now that is an intimidatingly beautiful creature. With a plume of delicate feathers emanating from its body like a bright white halo, that bird looks positively angelic. You’d see it posing in a tree ...

Connie Owen sent a photo of a great egret coming in for a landing at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach. “I have enjoyed the big numbers of egrets at Stumpy Lake this fall,” wrote Owen. “I went one morning ...

Look for a flash of white along coasts and shorelines to locate a great egret. Long-legged like a heron, the great egret’s all-white feathers and its yellow bill tend to make it an easy spot in its ...

Jonathan Snyder got a beautiful photo of a brown pelican in flight at Kiptopeke State Park in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore. Steve Daniel sent a photo of a pair of great egrets performing a ...

Most birds are pretty, whether brightly colored or intricately mottled for camouflage. There are some birds though, that are real standouts. Painted buntings, golden pheasants and Mandarin ducks all ...