One of my favorite summertime birds is the great white egret. This tall bird is so striking and picturesque that its mere presence can transform an entire marsh, where it hunts for food, into a scene ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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Q: Is it unusual for this great egret to be this far inland, or this far north? I've never seen one in the area before. It let me get within 10 feet or so to take the photos, and it was pecking at and ...

A great white egret chick has hatched in England, making a new breeding bird record for the UK, Natural England has said. The organisation announced last week that the bird - a species of heron - had ...

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 ...

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ONE of the UK's rarest birds has returned to a Hampshire wildlife reserve. Known as Walter, the great white egret is a familiar sight to the thousands of visitors that visit the Blashford Lakes Nature ...