A closer look at the Great Blue Heron, the largest heron in North America, known for its impressive height, wide wingspan, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reuben Rohn got a shot of an anhinga flying over Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach. Anhingas are related to cormorants. Both birds lack oil glands in their wings and must dry them before taking flight.

Herons in Europe / Loïc Marion, Paula Ulenaers, and Janine van Vessem -- Herons in the Mediterranean / Heinz Hafner -- Herons in South and West Asia / Christian Perennou, Richard V. Lansdown, and ...