Amy Lardner first heard the strangled squawking sound while walking near the Lincoln Park Zoo more than a decade ago. It was the call of the black-crowned night heron, a wetland bird found throughout ...

Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy Everglades for the better part of winter. The alligators swarming the murky ...

Of the seven regularly occurring heron and egret species in Iowa, perhaps the most enigmatic is the yellow-crowned night heron. Although it may be considered regular, it is certainly rare to find.

If you've noticed a lot of people with cameras at the waterfall area of Winchester center lately, there's a particular species of bird that has grabbed their attention: The black-crowned night heron.

At first glance, the stretch of Willow Street doesn’t appear much different than other sections of Uptown. Neighbors chat in the driveways. People and couples walk their dogs down streets lined with ...