Barely moving, the tall grayish-blue bird lurked through the reeds along the pond’s edge. Ever so slowly turning its head, searching for prey. Suddenly, without warning, the bird thrust its long ...

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 ...

At four feet tall and with a wingspan of six feet, the great blue heron tends to get noticed. They are often seen wading in the shallow areas of lakes, ponds and rivers searching for food. Fish are ...

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 ...

Taller than a small child (four and a half feet) and wingspan equal to that of a bald eagle (seven feet), it's the Superman of herons in North America. Sometimes called "crane" or "blue crane," the ...

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 ...

Happy New Year! May your year be full of wonderful bird sightings! I think that spotting a Great Blue Heron would be a nice way to start off the New Year. It is such a gorgeous, graceful bird, with ...

Our backyard pond, like any other, provides a smorgasbord of seafood for a variety of hungry predators that prowl the banks and shallows of this watery buffet. Bluegill sunfish, bass, small fry, ...

Look out, Mandarin Duck -- there's another bird turning heads in New York City. A stunning Great Blue Heron was spotted looking effortlessly exquisite at The Pond at Central Park last Thursday, and ...

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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 ...

Oakland County’s Search and Rescue Team is used to racing against the clock to save human lives. But on the night of Sunday, June 15, its mission was a bit more unusual — rescuing a great blue heron ...