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 ...

During the school year, I am trapped inside during the most productive birding hours of the day. As the days get shorter and shorter, there is less of a chance for me to do any birding at all.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission along with the U.S. Ag Department’s Wildlife Services have renewed a program to sustain and protect a a historic nesting colony of great egrets and black crowned night ...

RICE TWP. – A large white bird, as graceful as it is rare, curled its neck into an “S” while wading amid greenery just off shore at the Ice Lakes. Before scanning the shallows for fish, frogs and ...

Herons and egrets are plentiful in the St. Louis area. Many can be seen around Forest Park fishing in the ponds and lagoons. More can be seen around Simpson Lake in Valley Park. Here is a selection of ...

Claim to fame: Great egrets are the long-beaked, showy white birds that are occasionally seen in spring and summer at wetland areas throughout Missouri. They can also be seen, on occasion, in autumn ...

A summer wetland landscape scene is only complete if a great egret is standing on the edge of the water. Its bright white plumage and elegant S-curved neck belie its loud croaking call. More than a ...

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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 ...

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