Look for a flash of white along coasts and shorelines to locate a great egret. Long-legged like a heron, the great egret’s all-white feathers and its yellow bill tend to make it an easy spot in its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I was sitting by the Hudson River in the Esopus Meadows Preserve in Port Ewen; hoping to see some Great Blue Herons or maybe some ...

During the school year, I am trapped inside during the most productive birding hours of the day. As the days get shorter and shorter, there is less of a chance for me to do any birding at all.

Calling all bird nerds! Join the Statesman on Oct. 30 for Birding and Breakfast, a free event on the new Wishbone Bridge over ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...

Birders across the Aleutians noticed something unusual this winter — elegant, white wading birds showing up in places they've never seen them before. In December, nine great egrets turned up in Adak, ...

Birds and landscapes are bound together. Landscape is habitat, and in landscapes, birds are punctuation marks. The bird that rose from the great watery expanse north of Devils Lake seemed perfectly in ...

A great egret lifts off from a branch at Schwan Lake in Live Oak. Great egrets are among 37 bird species seen at the site this month according to community reporting on ebird.org. While we find both ...

As one of Oklahoma's tallest birds, the brilliant white great egret is hard to miss. Its yellow bill and black legs and feet help distinguish it from the smaller snowy egrets that have black bills and ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...