You tend to take little blue herons for granted. Not that they aren’t beautiful birds – there are no ugly herons or egrets, except maybe cattle egrets – but little blues can be a little undramatic. As ...

Laura Koubsky sent photos of a great egret and a tricolored heron feeding and resting on Long Creek. The tricolored heron, with a white stripe down the middle of its neck and belly, is much smaller ...

Crane Hollow Road, 1 mile southwest of Hygiene, provides a view of about 50 nests in a great blue heron rookery, or more precisely, heronry. Massive nests made of sticks, up to 4 feet in diameter and ...

The Great Blue Heron rookery at Sterling Nature Center is bustling with activity with parents shuttling back and forth from Lake Ontario with food for the fledglings, Sterling, NY, Tuesday June 11, ...

Juvenile herons can be distinguished from their parents by their black head feathers. After two or three years herons develop a white crown which they possess throughout adulthood. The favorite food ...

As wading birds go, Green Herons are smaller and less conspicuous than some of their more flamboyant relatives. They’re members of the family Ardeidae, which includes some 64 species, including Great ...

Do you have the patience of a heron? Imagine standing in shallow water – without moving – for long periods , your toes spread out, firmly planted in squishy mud, your eyes focused on finding a tasty ...