I took this picture of a great egret while kayaking in Ocean City, Maryland, on June 8, 2013. I have mentioned in many of my ...

It’s hard to predict which animals will transform like butterflies upon reaching adulthood. Some animals, like horses or ...

On Oct. 7, a great egret was seen on the netting, and on Oct. 11, a flock of 30 avocets (picture above from Allaboutbirds.org) and a few ducks sat themselves down on the netting and resisted all ...

The snowy egret—and its slightly larger cousin, the great egret—were similarly imperiled by the late 1800s, when fashionable women began wearing hats adorned with feathers, wings and even ...

The great egret is a tall, all-white bird inhabiting wetlands worldwide, recognized by its yellow bill and black legs.

A PHOTOGRAPH has captured a once-rare great white egret alongside its much smaller cousin, the little egret, at a ...

"We're hoping they will breed again this year, and the great white egrets might breed here for the first time this year too." Cattle egrets get their name as they can often be seen close to cows ...

It forms a living but fragile sanctuary for some 1.5 million birds, such as the white pelican, the purple heron, the African spoonbill, the great egret and the cormorant. Description is available ...