Here on the Eastern Shore, it’s not uncommon for people to see that wonderful Chesapeake icon known as the great blue heron.

[email protected] Apr 22, 2012 Apr 22, 2012 NORTH ANDOVER — The great blue heron, a slender and elegant water bird with a lavender hue and a long pointed beak, makes its nest in the tops ...

From their pointy beaks to the long toes at the end of some of the longest legs in the Kansas bird world, everything about great blue herons is skinny. But they didn’t get that way because they ...

I shot this photo from the pier at Frontiertown Campground in Berlin, Maryland, on Oct. 7. This great blue heron flew in at ...

Above, Digital Host Phil Pinarski joins Cheryl A. Johnson to discuss her brushed metal photo of a great blue heron titled “Misty Morning Contemplation.” Johnson took the photo in 2023 after ...

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 ...

There’s a new rat czar in town. An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as ...

Would you and your wife be available to run down the river tomorrow night? We would leave at 4:30 and be back by eight,” a ...

Created by Anishinabek artist Que Rock, this mural represents the Clan of the Cranes with its central figure of the Great Blue Heron. Its symbolism and vibrant colours are intended to create a ...

“So we thought this is a great symbol to the community that our hospital stresses diversity, equity, inclusion for our patients, our staff, our doctors. We want everybody to know that no matter who ...

Eastern bluebirds flit in the open meadows along with a variety of hawks. The lakes attract great blue herons, waterfowl and bald eagles. Bald eagles can be found in the North Hills near creeks.