The Lava Heron (Butorides stnata sundevalli) is a distinctively dark-plumaged heron that feeds along the rocky intertidal shoreline of the Galapagos Islands. The open shoreline used by the Lava Heron ...

Discover a unique shadow-hunting technique of Black herons also learn about their diet, habitat and extraordinary skills they use to survive in the wild.

The Great Blue Heron rookery at Sterling Nature Center is bustling with activity with parents shuttling back and forth from Lake Ontario with food for the fledglings, Sterling, NY, Tuesday June 11, ...

As wading birds go, Green Herons are smaller and less conspicuous than some of their more flamboyant relatives. They’re members of the family Ardeidae, which includes some 64 species, including Great ...

Laura Koubsky sent photos of a great egret and a tricolored heron feeding and resting on Long Creek. The tricolored heron, with a white stripe down the middle of its neck and belly, is much smaller ...

Herons are frequent visitors to tiny Hall’s Pond in Brookline, enjoying the unlikely parcel of calm nestled between Coolidge ...

Juvenile herons can be distinguished from their parents by their black head feathers. After two or three years herons develop a white crown which they possess throughout adulthood. The favorite food ...

What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

Crane Hollow Road, 1 mile southwest of Hygiene, provides a view of about 50 nests in a great blue heron rookery, or more precisely, heronry. Massive nests made of sticks, up to 4 feet in diameter and ...