You have a pretty sharp eye for a nine-year-old. Most grown-ups wouldn’t notice the foot color of a flying egret. Actually, most adults wouldn’t even notice the egret at all because the majority of ...

The first time I saw a snowy egret flying in the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Florida's Sanibel Island, I thought, "Wow, this bird really does look like it's wearing golden slippers—what ...

Standing 3 feet tall and flying on a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the great egret rates among the showiest of wading birds. At no time is it more eye-catching than in March and April, when silkenlike, ...

Claim to fame: Great egrets are the long-beaked, showy white birds that are occasionally seen in spring and summer at wetland areas throughout Missouri. They can also be seen, on occasion, in autumn ...

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We actually have three different species of white egrets in the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region: the Great Egret, the Snowy Egret and the Cattle Egret. Although at a quick glance they ...

CHICO — Horseshoe Lake, while mostly free of people, was bustling with wildlife Tuesday afternoon with egrets flying overhead, geese huddled together under the shade of trees and turtles gathering on ...

When thinking of New York City, the concrete jungle generally comes to mind, but the Staten Island borough is filled with greenery. Clove Lakes Park's 193 acres in West Brighton is located just 13 ...