Despite the heron's strength and agility as a predator, snakes will put up a good fight when hunted by this bird.

Workers at the Schooner or Later restaurant are trained to seat customers under umbrellas — not necessarily to shade them from the hot California sun but to protect them from falling fish heads, rat ...

Near a small pond on Renton’s western edge, nests of great blue herons, perched up to 100 feet high in a stand of cottonwood trees, appear safe from any danger from below. But not from above. With ...

At 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of up to 6 feet, and weighing about 6½ pounds, the great blue heron is one of the largest — and most impressive — birds in Massachusetts. Whether standing statuesque at ...

A new flock of herons are flying into Ouachita Parish. Herons on the Bayou will be placing 13 additional heron sculptures sponsored by local businesses and organizations throughout the community. The ...

Black-crowned night herons could write the book on squatter's rights. Each spring for more than a century, a wild pack of these birds has descended on Smithsonian National Zoological Park in ...

In February, the great blue herons of the Chesapeake Bay region will begin their nest building or repair chores and their mating rituals—perhaps in a tree they’ve been sharing with bald eagles. On the ...

SEATTLE – Near a small pond on Renton’s western edge, nests of great blue herons, perched up to 100 feet high in a stand of cottonwood trees, appear safe from any danger from below. But not from above ...

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, ...

It’s the sounds that give it away: a steady clacking of bills, and raucous, prehistoric- sounding squawks. Seattle’s biggest, newest heronry is burgeoning with the city’s official bird, the great blue ...

Herons are some of our most conspicuous birds. A very common species is the great blue heron, which is about 4 feet in length and sports a 6-foot wingspan. When flushed, a great blue utters deep ...