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 similar in many ways to the better known great blue heron. Both are native birds with long legs and long necks. The little blue heron I show here is an adult of breeding age ...

Linda Glasson sent a photo of a little blue heron perched at Assateague on the Eastern Shore in Virginia. A little blue heron balances on a post at Assateague on the Eastern Shore. Courtesy of Linda ...

Unless you live on the water, you probably don’t see a lot of egrets and herons in your backyard. These are mostly wetlands birds, made for foraging in the shallows with their long leg legs and ...

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 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 ...

Cameron Park Zoo has announced the hatching of a Little Blue Heron chick, adding to the only breeding colony of the species in any zoo worldwide. The zoo now houses nine Little Blue Herons, a notable ...