A tree near the Balboa Branch Library slated for removal will stay there a while longer as some great blue herons and their offspring call it home. The reprieve is expected to last at least until ...

PITKIN COUNTY – Just when it looked like a great blue heron colony was going to be re-established in the midvalley this spring, a golden eagle turned a nursery into a buffet. The eagle devoured heron ...

It's nesting season for many Pacific Northwest birds including Great Blue Herons. And in the bluffs near the Ballard Locks in Seattle, the Heron Habitat Helpers keep the space hospitable. The fledging ...

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At 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of up to 6 feet, and weighing about 6½ pounds, the great blue heron is one of the largest — and most impressive — birds in Massachusetts. Whether standing statuesque at ...

Joseph Robbins captured a photo of an osprey in the process of building a nest on the James River. Ospreys return to the same nest from the previous year and continue to add on to it. Kanchana ...

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 ...

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 ...