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 ...

Stealth, secrecy and patience – that is the hunting mode of a green heron, one of the many avian residents of Little Swamp Sanctuary in Shepherd, Michigan. Once called the green-backed heron, this ...

July is teenaged bird season for many birds. This is a time when the babies have their feathers and are making those first tentative forays outside the nest. They may or may not be able to fly yet, ...

As Kathy was photographing wading birds at Brazos Bend State Park recently, she snapped a picture of what she thought was a green heron. But she wondered if it was a least bittern. A few minutes later ...

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 ...

Green herons have become a fixture in Grand Forks. These smallish waders aren’t common, exactly, but they are easy to find along the coulee between 17th Avenue South and the railroad tracks. Much of ...

As the weather is heating up, so is our Summer Music Series with some bluegrass music from right here in the Granite State. Scott and Betsy Heron of Green Heron aren't just musical partners. They're ...

There are about 2,400 students at Little Rock Central High School. There are also three green herons. Near the tippy top branches of a tall crape myrtle on a windy morning in April, one of the herons ...

English can be a confusing language. The same word can have a number of meanings depending on who’s using it. For a painter, “greens” are the colors used to render grass and trees. For a golfer, ...

There are about 2,400 students at Little Rock Central High School. There are also three green herons. Near the tippy top branches of a tall crape myrtle on a windy morning in April, one of the herons ...