You have a pretty sharp eye for a nine-year-old. Most grown-ups wouldn’t notice the foot color of a flying egret. Actually, most adults wouldn’t even notice the egret at all because the majority of ...

They are big, elegant and plentiful, but how do you tell if that large white bird at the edge of the lake or feeding in a field is a great egret or one of its smaller cousins? Bird watchers in San ...

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, ...

The first time I saw a snowy egret flying in the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Florida's Sanibel Island, I thought, "Wow, this bird really does look like it's wearing golden slippers—what ...

The photo of the day “Cattle egrets flying home to roost” comes to us via Bruce Wheeler. Send your best photos from Maui County to mmoseley@mauinews.com for a chance to have your photo featured on the ...

We actually have three different species of white egrets in the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region: the Great Egret, the Snowy Egret and the Cattle Egret. Although at a quick glance they ...

The great egret, Ardea alba, is a tall and stately bird, graceful in flight, deliberate and stealthy when hunting. It is a magnificent sight and entertaining to watch, making it a favorite with ...

Throughout the summer, I noticed flocks of egrets flying over my house at dusk. I mentioned this to a neighbor who told me they were on their way to a hidden rookery. But you could just see it from ...