There are several bird photographs I'd like to get. A male cardinal in a blooming forsythia bush. The classic Red-winged Blackbird photo of the bird clinging to a reed while singing and exposing its ...

Egrets are members of a family of birds known as Ardeidae, which includes herons, bitterns and egrets. The great egret is a very stately, graceful bird with white plumage, long legs and a sharp, ...

There are not many birds out there that have feet a different color than their legs. From the top of their legs to the bottom of their "toes," most birds are uniform in color. With many birds, such as ...

Last Saturday, Marge Watson of Georgetown discovered a cattle egret at Artichoke Dairy Farm on Rogers Street in West Newbury. Cattle egrets are a small, stocky bird compared to our common, and more ...

One of my favorite summertime birds is the great white egret. This tall bird is so striking and picturesque that its mere presence can transform an entire marsh, where it hunts for food, into a scene ...

A scenic route through Louisiana's wetlands offers some of the South's best birdwatching, where forests, bayous, and trails create a haven for wildlife lovers.

When I first saw this striking photo, the winner of the Reader’s Choice award in Smithsonian magazine’s 8th Annual Photo Contest, I was certain that the bird’s plumage had to have been faked; after ...

Graceful white cattle egrets seen all over the North Texas area and other parts of the United States do not appear all that menacing, but these birds can cause up to $957 million annually in damage to ...

The colder months are the perfect time to get a good look at one of our most exciting - and visible - novelties. Even the briefest glimpse of a dazzlingly white bird, flying buoyantly on broad wings ...

NATOMAS (CBS13) — It's a bird invasion in a Natomas neighborhood where egrets have taken over, both leaving droppings and dropping dead. The next time you're in Natomas, especially in front of the ...

It was a territorial tryst of feathers and pointed beaks mid-air as two birds battled it out over the best fishing spot. The feisty egret birds went head-to-head as they fought over a feeding ground ...

Work crews soon will begin trimming trees and clearing underbrush at Bird Island, a haven for about 1,000 cattle egrets at Elmendorf Lake, to help prevent a potentially catastrophic bird strike ...