PITKIN COUNTY – Just when it looked like a great blue heron colony was going to be re-established in the midvalley this spring, a golden eagle turned a nursery into a buffet. The eagle devoured heron ...

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Sterling, N.Y. — The commotion of boisterous youth squawking for food from their parents and posturing to leave the nest are familiar to families of teenagers. Such was the scene at Sterling Nature ...

FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Crews replacing power poles in a great blue heron rookery at a Utah nature center have made a surprise discovery: a nesting box with three barn owl chicks and three eggs. The ...

Listen closely next time you’re in downtown Olympia. You might be able to hear a strange sound like quacking, barking, chirping and screeching all at once. That’s the sound of the great blue heron, a ...

This story was originally published at Gunnison Country Times and is republished here by permission. Tucked away from the main road, Tim Szurgot’s house can’t be reached by car, and instead requires a ...