The great blue heron, as tall as a 7-year-old child and boasting a 6-foot wingspan, is among the largest and most distinctive birds you will see in the Inland Northwest or anywhere in the United ...

Mary Jean Ruhnke often paints birds to match her mood. For the first half of 2020, it was crows and ravens, dark symbols of the ongoing pandemic that the St. Hedwig artist captured in acrylics and ...

At four feet tall and with a wingspan of six feet, the great blue heron tends to get noticed. They are often seen wading in the shallow areas of lakes, ponds and rivers searching for food. Fish are ...

Imagine a prince, tall and angular, or a princess, long and curvy. Either with a rakish bit of long, flowing hair, dark, piercing eyes and a regal way of moving. They seem all grace and refinement.

On a quiet beach, a heron reminded me of my husband — and of a South Korean student who once marveled, “America, such a wide ...

Barely moving, the tall grayish-blue bird lurked through the reeds along the pond’s edge. Ever so slowly turning its head, searching for prey. Suddenly, without warning, the bird thrust its long ...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — When Carolyn Burgin saw a bird with something stuck to its beak, she called her neighbor Pat Mead to check it out. "I saw it from a distance and I thought, 'is that a big fish he’s ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I sometimes see Great Blue Herons flying overhead with slow wingbeats and I ...

Move aside, Mandarin duck: An electric-blue Great Blue Heron is the latest bird in New York’s Central Park to steal the spotlight. A photo of the majestic creature was shared on Twitter last week by ...

Move over, pizza rat; a blue heron is the city’s new icon. A rat was quite the snack for a great blue heron that was caught on camera eating the rodent in Central Park. A video shared on Twitter by ...

Oakland County’s Search and Rescue Team is used to racing against the clock to save human lives. But on the night of Sunday, June 15, its mission was a bit more unusual — rescuing a great blue heron ...