“That blasted crane is fishing in my pond again,” I heard my father say. I have corrected him many times, but he still refers to the great blue heron as some kind of crane. Many wildlife viewers do ...

Cranes and herons, both large birds often found near water, can be distinguished by their physical traits, diet, and behavior. Cranes have bare, red heads and fly with necks outstretched, while herons ...

Majestic creatures are starting to return to southern Michigan and put on early spring spectacles that nature lovers will not want to miss. Avid birdwatchers say Livingston County and the surrounding ...

A large bird of considerable grace stood at the edge of the Dan River — so still it might have been sculpted from the cliff bordering the stream. Standing motionless for what seemed like hours, it ...

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.

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 ...

A group of great blue herons nests in the tall black cottonwoods of Ross Island, away from the dredged lagoon and just across the river from uber-urban South Waterfront. These big, gangly birds are a ...

Taller than a small child (four and a half feet) and wingspan equal to that of a bald eagle (seven feet), it's the Superman of herons in North America. Sometimes called "crane" or "blue crane," the ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News award-winning photographer shares his favorite locations in SWFL to photograph birds.

Majestic creatures are starting to return to southern Michigan and put on early spring spectacles that nature lovers will not want to miss. Avid birdwatchers say Livingston County and the surrounding ...