I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...

The Great Blue Heron ironically leaning a little red with it's dance moves. By now, you've seen a video of Donald Trump busting his go-to move. If not, you must live under a rock, because the POTUS ...

There are one or two things one does not do in the company of great blue herons. First, if you are presented with a wounded heron that’s been confined to a burlap sack, do not open the sack to look in ...

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 ...

Great blue herons are long of this world, an old species, fossils dating back at least 14 million years. In certain poses these birds can show that ancient age. If you google the bird it's hard to ...

Imagine a prince, tall and angular, or a princess, long and curvy. Either with a rakish bit of long, flowing hair, dark, piercing eyes and a regal way of moving. They seem all grace and refinement.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I sometimes see Great Blue Herons flying overhead with slow wingbeats and I ...

Move over, pizza rat; a blue heron is the city’s new icon. A rat was quite the snack for a great blue heron that was caught on camera eating the rodent in Central Park. A video shared on Twitter by ...

A proposed library and fire station project on the Balboa Peninsula might force the removal of a nearby eucalyptus tree known to be a great blue heron nesting area, prompting both environmentalists ...

Mary Jean Ruhnke often paints birds to match her mood. For the first half of 2020, it was crows and ravens, dark symbols of the ongoing pandemic that the St. Hedwig artist captured in acrylics and ...

Summer days are growing a little shorter as August oozes in with brilliant blue skies, pillowy white clouds and soaring temperatures. The mornings are too briefly cool as the sun slivers through the ...