The colony is one of the largest urban populations of Pacific great blue herons in North America. There are already about 50 herons and 30 active nests in the park as breeding season ramps up.

Rob says, “The little blue heron’s population is unfortunately making a slow decline. Even though breeding sites are protected, the wetlands that they feed in are disappearing.” Head to the ...

The colony has been coming to an area near the entrance to the iconic park to mate and nest since the start of the millennium ...

Despite the chilly weather, the first week of spring has birds arriving a bit ahead of schedule. The great blue herons are ...

Explore outdoor offerings in early spring, from migrating birds at Nichols Arboretum to mindfulness hikes at Waterloo State ...

The local great blue heron colony’s spring nesting season is underway at Commodore Park just west of the Ballard Locks on the ...

Like clockwork, hundreds of nesting herons, ibis and egrets are back at Cypress wetlands. A boardwalk provides front-row seats to the show ...

A surefire and highly optimistic harbinger of spring is the great horned owl. The massive owl is the first Ohio bird species ...

With the arrival of spring comes the return of migratory birds. Of New Hampshire's birds, 85% migrate. Some fly only to the ...

We don't know how many nests are there but members have seen a number of eggs in the location year after year,' says Ramara ...

He pointed out a resident species, the Purple Sunbird, highlighting how the males turn a bright metallic blue from their ... will be full of breeding bitterns, egrets and herons flying around ...