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 ...

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 ...

“That blasted crane is fishing in my pond again,” I heard my father say. I have corrected him many times, but he still refers to the great blue heron as some kind of crane. Many wildlife viewers do ...

The green heron looks at first like it was put together by committee. It’s short-legged compared to other waders, has a greenish-black cap, back and wings, reddish or purple neck, streaked throat, ...

Steve Daniel sent photos of a green heron preparing to take flight at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach. A Cooper’s hawk gave Morgan Ringer a surprise when it swooped down at her while she was ...

Joseph Robbins captured a photo of an osprey in the process of building a nest on the James River. Ospreys return to the same nest from the previous year and continue to add on to it. Kanchana ...