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 ...

Jacki Gerber shared her favorite photo of a great egret feeding its young on a recent trip to Monkey Island in Currituck Sound. “So cool to see these fuzzy chicks!” Gerber wrote. Joe DiGeronimo sent ...

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

Rich Thiesfeld got a great shot of a great blue heron at Alligator National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. “He seemed so intent on fishing for food that he let me wander up pretty close,” wrote ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Bright white birds waded along the muddy edges of the ebbing water in the tidal marsh. They were distant so few details could be seen except for their ...

FULL FLIGHT A great egret flies on Aug. 28 at the Charlie Craig State Fish Hatchery in Centerton. The hatchery, operated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, is open for birding and exploring on ...

An unprecedented number of great egrets — large, white wading birds from the South — have descended upon Lake Ontelaunee within the past week. Rudy Keller of District Township, who compiles the Berks ...