If you spend much time visiting the coastal wetlands at San Onofre, Newport Beach or Huntington Beach, you’ve likely observed a large white bird, the egret. Looks graceful, doesn’t it? It flies ...

The great egret, Ardea alba, is a tall and stately bird, graceful in flight, deliberate and stealthy when hunting. It is a magnificent sight and entertaining to watch, making it a favorite with ...

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 ...

A hidden wildlife camera captured a breathtaking sunrise as a group of white egrets gathered quietly across a mist-covered ...

The earliest known record of a Little Egret in Ireland dates from 1940 when a lone vagrant individual was spotted near Skibbereen, Co Cork. Sixteen years passed before the second known individual ...

While I photographed, Cathy was busy observing several thousand roseate spoonbills, great and snowy egrets, and cormorants in a communal nesting area called a rookery at Smith Oaks on High Island in ...

HISTORICAL records show that the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) was once present and probably very common in Ireland and Britain. However, it became extinct in both islands through a combination of ...