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 ...

A bird that spends much of the year in the Caribbean was seen much farther north in New Hampshire over the last week.A little blue heron was seen July 19 in coastal salt marshes just south of Odiorne ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Take a closer look at that long-legged heron — it might be a tricolored heron! Here's where to find these birds, and how to identify them.

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EVENING GUYS. ALL RIGHT. SIT TIGHT TONY. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO YOU IN A SECOND. WE NEED TO GET TO THIS STORY, THOUGH. THERE IS A SHOCKING SIGHT. A BLUE HERON BIRD ENTANGLED IN FISHING LINE, TRAPPED ...

A group of great blue herons nests in the tall black cottonwoods of Ross Island, away from the dredged lagoon and just across the river from uber-urban South Waterfront. These big, gangly birds are a ...

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 ...