If great blue herons mated for life they would not have to go through these rituals each year. Though monogamous, they like to have another dating-and-mating opportunity each season, unlike bald ...

Great blue herons sit in trees and work on nests on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at a rookery on the Mississippi River by the Cemetery Hill Mississippi River Landing in Brainerd. Great blue herons work on ...

Great blue herons are long of this world, an old species, fossils dating back at least 14 million years. In certain poses these birds can show that ancient age. If you google the bird it's hard to ...

EARLY,Tx — A Great Blue Heron nest has been discovered in the city of Early. The nest is perched high above the Early Town Center, and the city of Early is inviting you to follow along during the ...

MARCH POINT — Some of the region’s great blue herons will begin their seasonal move-in this month at a rookery, or nesting site, on March Point. Each year herons congregate on this patch of forestland ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A court-issued restraining order paused development plans for a site of dozens of great blue heron nests on land owned by a member of the county soil and water conservation board.

A proposed library and fire station project on the Balboa Peninsula might force the removal of a nearby eucalyptus tree known to be a great blue heron nesting area, prompting both environmentalists ...

A tree near the Balboa Branch Library slated for removal will stay there a while longer as some great blue herons and their offspring call it home. The reprieve is expected to last at least until ...

A group opposed to development at the site of a great blue heron nest colony is going to court to halt the project. The nonprofit group Save the Rookery filed an appeal with the Minnesota Court of ...

Joseph Robbins captured a photo of an osprey in the process of building a nest on the James River. Ospreys return to the same nest from the previous year and continue to add on to it. Kanchana ...

ROCHESTER — Maya Basnyat drew some honks of approval and thumbs up from drivers as she and about 70 other people rallied in support of preserving a great blue heron nest site Tuesday. Basnyat is a ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News award-winning photographer shares his favorite locations in SWFL to photograph birds.