What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

The great blue heron is a powerful creature with a unique hunting ability. In the video shown above, you can see it using its long, spear-like bill to try to subdue and eat a water snake. However, ...

Today we meet the little blue heron. It’s a heron that’s little and blue. Most of the time. The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is known as the garceta azul in Spanish, which translates right ...

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 ...

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The bird family Ardeidae (ar-dee-ih-dee) includes the bitterns, egrets, and herons. Nearly 75 species wade waters worldwide, with representatives on every continent but Antarctica. An even dozen is ...

The great blue heron, as tall as a 7-year-old child and boasting a 6-foot wingspan, is among the largest and most distinctive birds you will see in the Inland Northwest or anywhere in the United ...

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