A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

A summer wetland landscape scene is only complete if a great egret is standing on the edge of the water. Its bright white plumage and elegant S-curved neck belie its loud croaking call. More than a ...

Patch loves photos! Share your photos with Patch and your work could be featured. WALNUT CREEK, CA — Have you ever watched a snowy egret hunting in a shallow stream? It's fascinating to see them ...

The earliest known record of a Little Egret in Ireland dates from 1940 when a lone vagrant individual was spotted near Skibbereen, Co Cork. Sixteen years passed before the second known individual ...

Is this egret hunting for lunchtime morsels in a Lousiana bayou? Nope. This is Irvine’s very own swamp, located at the Audubon bird sanctuary on land owned by the water district. The swampy bits are ...

This lizard was caught on camera sacrificing its tail to free itself from the grasp of a bird's beak. Amateur wildlife photographer Salah Baazizi captured the shocking sequence of an Egret snacking on ...

HISTORICAL records show that the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) was once present and probably very common in Ireland and Britain. However, it became extinct in both islands through a combination of ...

About 40 egrets were blown from pine trees when a powerful wind gust traveling 80 mph swept through Portsmouth on Sunday night. Melissa Manasse has lived in a neighborhood on the Elizabeth River for ...

The arrival of white herons in Norfolk is a pleasure to see, but also a warning to heed, says Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserves Officer Robert Morgan When a new acquaintance discovers that I work in ...

The earliest known record of a Little Egret in Ireland dates from 1940 when a lone vagrant individual was spotted near Skibbereen, Co Cork. Sixteen years passed before the second known individual ...