Finally, with the arrival of some warmer weather, a few new species are making their way back to the Times News region. And ...

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 ...

Standing over three feet tall, with white plumage and a long, crooked neck, the great egret (Ardea alba) epitomizes the beauty and elegance of the Lowcountry. Like its smaller white-feathered cousin, ...

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 ...

Katie Epps photographed a great egret and great blue heron feeding together in the beautiful natural setting in the marsh along the Nansemond River. Meriwether Payne has been seeing black skimmers ...

The great egret had returned on a late July morning to hunt in the shallow pond that borders our backyard. This is the second time in 22 years that we have seen that species here, other than an ...

We in southern Minnesota often see a dozen to two (or even more) of the majestic great egrets together this time of year and into September. They stand together like statues along the edges of lakes, ...

Standing 3 feet tall and flying on a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the great egret rates among the showiest of wading birds. At no time is it more eye-catching than in March and April, when silkenlike, ...

An abandoned rookery on the Sauk River at Cold Spring once supported thousands of great blue herons. Small great blue heron colonies pop up throughout Minnesota. They’re not intensively counted. In ...