Joseph Robbins got a beautiful photo of a great blue heron with its reflection in the water. The heron was looking for a mid-day meal in a shallow stream on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Mike Weirich ...

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 ...

Here on the Eastern Shore, it’s not uncommon for people to see that wonderful Chesapeake icon known as the great blue heron. The heron’s large size, its blue/gray color, its long legs, neck and ...

The great blue heron flew past as I paddled along the shore of Lake Dunmore, its long legs trailing behind, skinny, scale-covered supports that add a cartoonish look to the bird in flight. It lands ...

A great blue heron walks along the lake shore at Mountwood Park recently with it next meal. If you have a recent photo that showcases the beauty of the Mid-Ohio Valley, submit it to Art Smith at ...

Our backyard pond, like any other, provides a smorgasbord of seafood for a variety of hungry predators that prowl the banks and shallows of this watery buffet. Bluegill sunfish, bass, small fry, ...

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 ...

Portland urban naturalist Mike Houck tracks great blue herons on the Willamette River; Garden railways combine model railroads with imaginative outdoor landscapes; Small acts of kindness are an ...