A summer wetland landscape scene is only complete if a great egret is standing on the edge of the water. Its bright white plumage and elegant S-curved neck belie its loud croaking call. More than a ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

The great egret had returned on a late July morning to hunt in the shallow pond that borders our backyard. This is the second time in 22 years that we have seen that species here, other than an ...

A great egret forages for food. Note the dark black legs that make identification easy. A white great blue heron would have yellow legs. (Bill Danielson) During the school year, I am trapped inside ...

After October’s flooding, great egrets returned to Maricopa’s farmlands, drawn by new wetlands that formed across the desert’s low-lying washes.

A great egret lifts off from a branch at Schwan Lake in Live Oak. Great egrets are among 37 bird species seen at the site this month according to community reporting on ebird.org. While we find both ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Bright white birds waded along the muddy edges of the ebbing water in the tidal marsh. They were distant so few details could be seen except for their ...

Elegant is an adjective that means pleasingly graceful and attractive in appearance and manner. This is the perfect description for the focus of today’s article, the great egret. The great egret ...

An unprecedented number of great egrets — large, white wading birds from the South — have descended upon Lake Ontelaunee within the past week. Rudy Keller of District Township, who compiles the Berks ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...