One of my favorite pastimes is trying to sneak up on the various herons and egrets that populate our area rivers, lakes and wetlands. My weapon of choice in these hunts is a camera with telephoto lens ...

The green heron is an unusual bird. It is one of the few tool-using birds. It drops bait on the surface of the water and then grabs the small fish that it attracts. It uses such things as insects, ...

There are 11 species of herons in the Cayman Islands, including the green heron.  These little birds can be found throughout ...

Messages about unusual birds generally arouse my curiosity. "We have this strange bird," texts often begin. A description typically follows, sometimes along with a photo, sometimes a superb photo, ...

Readers have been sending me photographs of a bird they can’t quite identify but sort of looks like the illustration of a least bittern in their field guides. I’ve clarified that the bird is a green ...

As wading birds go, Green Herons are smaller and less conspicuous than some of their more flamboyant relatives. They’re members of the family Ardeidae, which includes some 64 species, including Great ...

GRAND FORKS – The green heron is not a common bird in our area, but at certain times and places, a green heron sighting is a sure thing. The time is now. The place is Sertoma Park in Grand Forks.