Discover a unique shadow-hunting technique of Black herons also learn about their diet, habitat and extraordinary skills they use to survive in the wild.

Juvenile herons can be distinguished from their parents by their black head feathers. After two or three years herons develop a white crown which they possess throughout adulthood. The favorite food ...

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 ...

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Reuben Rohn got a shot of an anhinga flying over Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach. Anhingas are related to cormorants. Both birds lack oil glands in their wings and must dry them before taking flight.

Herons in Europe / Loïc Marion, Paula Ulenaers, and Janine van Vessem -- Herons in the Mediterranean / Heinz Hafner -- Herons in South and West Asia / Christian Perennou, Richard V. Lansdown, and ...