Oakland County’s Search and Rescue Team is used to racing against the clock to save human lives. But on the night of Sunday, June 15, its mission was a bit more unusual — rescuing a great blue heron ...

The Oakland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team sprang into action after receiving a not-so-typical call over the weekend about a great blue heron trapped on a lake. The sheriff's office says the ...

I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...

“Distressed” squawks coming from a nearby lake had concerned neighbors calling Michigan authorities for help. “This was definitely not your standard call,” Lt. Brian Burwell said in a news release ...

There are one or two things one does not do in the company of great blue herons. First, if you are presented with a wounded heron that’s been confined to a burlap sack, do not open the sack to look in ...

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 ...

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Mid-summer gives us those slow warm days when time just inches past. In most years, the normal spring rains that sometimes flood vernal pools and leave the surrounding forest soggy have faded and we ...

Of the many anglers stalking the waters of North Central Ohio for a fishy meal, few are as majestic as the great blue heron. The birds stand nearly five feet tall and have a wingspan of more than six ...