Standing 3 feet tall and flying on a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the great egret rates among the showiest of wading birds. At no time is it more eye-catching than in March and April, when silkenlike, ...

North Dakota generally is not considered good country for white egrets. Nevertheless, on a drive across the state last week, I saw two species of half a dozen that occur on the continent. These were ...

Fall often sees certain larger-species breeding birds come up from the south and wander through the Tri-State, moving (illogically, it would seem) in a direction opposite to the birds’ ultimate ...

The Snowy Egret customizes its hunting approach to the sort of prey it’s pursuing. Submitted photo Although the Snowy Egret is a smaller version of its well known cousin, the Great Egret, it’s just as ...

North America’s stately wading birds — egrets, herons, bitterns, ibises and their kin — are well-known wanderers in late summer. As with all birds capable of flight, a pair of strong wings cannot be ...

Hurricane Ike taught us a lesson: Never take anything for granted — not homes, not scenery and certainly not birds. Kathy and I have seen all these things along the coast vanquished by the hurricane.