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 ...

Egrets are members of a family of birds known as Ardeidae, which includes herons, bitterns and egrets. The great egret is a very stately, graceful bird with white plumage, long legs and a sharp, ...

“The Great Blue Heron is one of my favorite birds in spite of the retriever’s stubborn opposition to having it anywhere on the grounds. It is huge of course and undoubtedly regal. Also silly when it ...

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 ...

Green herons can be hard to spot! The green heron is an unusual bird. It is one of the few tool-using birds. It drops bait on the surface of the water and then grabs the small fish that it attracts.

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go on a “bat cruise” on the West Twin River near Woodland Dunes. A bat cruise is a two- to three-hour boat ride done right after sunset to monitor bats with ...

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, ...

HERON POND – Anne Parmley of Metropolis and Karen Frailey of Simpson soaked up the warm March sun as they crossed the bridge spanning the confluence of Dutchman’s Creek and the Cache River. The bridge ...

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