Even the most casual observers of birds stand arrested by heron and egrets. These formidable creatures lie in wait, their necks coiled and compressed, and then they lunge and strike with beaks like ...

The great egret had returned on a late July morning to hunt in the shallow pond that borders our backyard. This is the second time in 22 years that we have seen that species here, other than an ...

Not too long ago, while I was photographing a great egret from Goose Island, I noticed a canoe heading our way. I thought the egret would fly away when it saw the approaching canoe, but to my surprise ...

That herons, egrets and ibises are such large and common birds wandering in our midst is a refreshing reality. I love how they just walk around like they own the place, which they do — at least as ...

I was very fortunate to grow up on a good-sized muddy lake not far from where I'm sitting. There, I could watch muskrats, catch sunfish, and observe a particular great blue heron. Every spring we ...

Known for their fondness for life in wet habitats, wading birds can be found near lakes, swamps, beaches and even small ponds. They represent a whole section of most bird books. We are lucky here in ...

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A snowy egret flies to another part of Corcoran Lagoon in Live Oak to continue to forage for dinner. The snowy egret is a small white heron. They forage in wetlands, other shallow waters or mud. Both ...

An unprecedented number of great egrets — large, white wading birds from the South — have descended upon Lake Ontelaunee within the past week. Rudy Keller of District Township, who compiles the Berks ...

North Dakota generally is not considered good country for white egrets. Nevertheless, on a drive across the state last week, I saw two species of half a dozen that occur on the continent. These were ...