Sandhill cranes are gray in color, which may explain the common confusion with great blue herons. Whooping cranes are almost solid white except for their black wing tips that are exposed while flying.

Many species of herons, but only two species of cranes, are found in Alabama. Herons usually are seen in ponds or creeks, ...

Image via Openverse The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) stands as a dignified sentinel of America’s wetlands, rivers, and coastlines. Standing up to 4.5 feet tall with a wingspan of nearly 7 feet, ...

Martyna Chomiuk The Wilder Institute’s Archibald Biodiversity Centre greeted its first whopping cranes hatched at the facility on May 28 — coincidentally, Whooping Crane Day.

Rescuers soon realized the bird was not a crane, but a great blue heron. Animal Control Officers Ashley Tester and Aubrie Mausolf waded into thigh-deep water to reach it.

Herons are big, skinny greyish birds with long beaks, long skinny legs and huge wingspans, he described to a crowd of about 25 during tour of the great blue heron rookery at Pipeline Rapids this ...

June 19 (UPI) -- A search and rescue team in Michigan was dispatched to a marshy area of a lake to free a great blue heron entangled in fishing line. The Oakland County Sheriff's Office's Search ...

Squawks from a distressed great blue heron had neighbors calling authorities. Equipped with boats, rescuers retrieved the bird caught in the fishing line.

Once untangled, the blue heron was examined for injuries and then released on the shore, and it swam away, deputies said. Brandon Township is about a 50-mile drive northwest from Detroit.

Once untangled, the blue heron was examined for injuries and then released on the shore, and it swam away, deputies said. Brandon Township is about a 50-mile drive northwest from Detroit.