This song would have to be near the top of a young little blue heron’s playlist. Yes, I realize this calls for an explanation. Compared to its larger relative, the great blue heron, the little blue ...

The little blue heron is one of the more conspicuous of herons and waterbirds. Staying more in the hidden corners near the shallow edges of bodies of water, this small, dark heron is usually found in ...

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 ...

Joseph Robbins sent a photo of a little blue heron taking flight at Monkey Island in northeastern North Carolina. Little blue herons are a smaller version of the great blue heron, but are dark blue ...

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a very common and distinctive wading bird found throughout Frederick County near ponds, wetlands and stream bottoms. The great blue heron is a large bird, ...

What Does a Little Blue Heron Look Like? Little blue herons are about half the height and have half the wingspan of great blue herons. Like most wading birds, these herons are typically spotted near ...

We were seeking a rare bird in a northern Illinois savanna, an immature little blue heron. The bird is blue as an adult, but when it’s immature, it’s solid white, just as white as a great egret, but ...

Robert Brown photographed snowy egrets decorating a snag at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach. When he looked at the photos later, he noticed there was an immature little blue heron mixed in ...

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The bird family Ardeidae (ar-dee-ih-dee) includes the bitterns, egrets, and herons. Nearly 75 species wade waters worldwide, with representatives on every continent but Antarctica. An even dozen is ...

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 ...