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, ...

Imagine standing in shallow water — without moving — for long periods of time. Your toes spread out, firmly planted in squishy mud, your eyes focused on finding a tasty fish or frog. Suddenly, you ...

Even the most casual observers of birds stand arrested by heron and egrets. These formidable creatures lie in wait, their necks coiled and compressed, and then they lunge and strike with beaks like ...

There's a familiar scene in “The Wizard of Oz,” where Dorothy and her pals proceed down the yellow brick road chanting, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Birding might have a similar line. This ...

Although rare outside of Florida, this type of heron — simply a great blue heron in an alternative plumage — has over the years been spotted a handful of times in and around Bristol. Whether an egret ...

OAKLAND — Egrets and herons hatched in the trees of downtown Oakland were released into a more natural habitat on Friday morning. Not that the birds were eager to go free. The black crowned night ...

Not too long ago, while I was photographing a great egret from Goose Island, I noticed a canoe heading our way. I thought the egret would fly away when it saw the approaching canoe, but to my surprise ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Herons and egrets are plentiful in the St. Louis area. Many can be seen around Forest Park fishing in the ponds and lagoons. More ...

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, ...

I was very fortunate to grow up on a good-sized muddy lake not far from where I'm sitting. There, I could watch muskrats, catch sunfish, and observe a particular great blue heron. Every spring we ...