One of my favorite summertime birds is the great white egret. This tall bird is so striking and picturesque that its mere presence can transform an entire marsh, where it hunts for food, into a scene ...

When I first saw this striking photo, the winner of the Reader’s Choice award in Smithsonian magazine’s 8th Annual Photo Contest, I was certain that the bird’s plumage had to have been faked; after ...

North Dakota generally is not considered good country for white egrets. Nevertheless, on a drive across the state last week, I saw two species of half a dozen that occur on the continent. These were ...

If you are an avid bird watcher, you must head out to one of the city’s water bodies, and look out for the elegant, dazzling white great egret (Ardea alba). This is the season to spot the males, that ...

The great white egret — a dazzling type of heron — has become increasingly common across the UK, and from 2021 will no longer be classed as a rare bird. The species was previously considered an exotic ...

THE great white egret is a large-sized bird with a length of about 95cm. Their distribution is worldwide and over most of South Africa, except the dry SW and vagrant to the Cape province. Great white ...

It sounds like the setup for a joke missing a punchline: What’s big and white and seen all over? One of the first things many Southwest Florida newcomers may notice is the abundance of large, pale, ...