Egrets are members of a family of birds known as Ardeidae, which includes herons, bitterns and egrets. The great egret is a very stately, graceful bird with white plumage, long legs and a sharp, ...

There are several bird photographs I'd like to get. A male cardinal in a blooming forsythia bush. The classic Red-winged Blackbird photo of the bird clinging to a reed while singing and exposing its ...

There are not many birds out there that have feet a different color than their legs. From the top of their legs to the bottom of their "toes," most birds are uniform in color. With many birds, such as ...

Last Saturday, Marge Watson of Georgetown discovered a cattle egret at Artichoke Dairy Farm on Rogers Street in West Newbury. Cattle egrets are a small, stocky bird compared to our common, and more ...

You got it exactly right. Egrets are becoming vegetarians. The thought of spearing little fish day after day has become unsettling to egrets. As a result they have abandoned their barbaric ways, have ...

DEAR JOAN: Recently I’ve been hearing some very strange noises coming from a nearby tall oak that’s right next to Deer Creek. I walked over to investigate and learned there is a small colony of snowy ...

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 ...

He searched the knee-high grasses and thistle under the evergreens, like he does every late spring morning. A soft rain began to find its way through the branches. Everything seemed to quiet at ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuges in Eastern North Carolina provide many opportunities to see expected bird migrants passing through the area. They include ...

If you see cattle in Southeast Texas, there's probably a little white bird somewhere close. Those birds are called egrets, and they're not clinging to cows for some cute animal friendship. There ...