Take a closer look at that long-legged heron — it might be a tricolored heron! Here's where to find these birds, and how to identify them.

A bald eagle hunts an American coot as a great blue heron provides warning calls, Missouri wildlife officials said. Screengrab of video shared by Missouri Department of Conservation A large, ...

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.

Perhaps it’s appropriate that Seattle’s official bird, the great blue heron, makes a cranky, croaking sound when bothered by the proximity of people. Plenty of the 4-foot-tall waders (with a 6-foot ...

Listen closely next time you’re in downtown Olympia. You might be able to hear a strange sound like quacking, barking, chirping and screeching all at once. That’s the sound of the great blue heron, a ...

"Nature is free and it's happening all the time." That's what draws Rick Balazs to over and over again. The self-taught birdwatcher has been keeping the official count of the great blue heron rookery ...