Many species of herons, but only two species of cranes, are found in Alabama. Herons usually are seen in ponds or creeks, ...

The large birds typically breed with the same partner, year to year, and the resulting pale blue eggs that take about 27 to 29 days to hatch. A female osprey named Jane should be on her way back ...

A large bird of considerable grace stood at the edge of the Dan River — so still it might have been sculpted from the cliff bordering the stream.

Bird watching doesn't necessarily require good eyes and remote woodland trails. Huges cranes, herons and geese are congregating in Southwest Michigan as they prepare to migrate south, and they are ...

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.

Cranes, herons and rare birds. Tue Dec 20 2016 - 00:05. Sir, – Pat Mullen (December 17th) doubted that Phil Reilly (December 16th) saw cranes at the Boyne.

I was very fortunate to grow up on a good-sized muddy lake not far from where I'm sitting. There, I could watch muskrats, catch sunfish, and observe a particular great blue heron. Every spring we ...

One of the most spectacular bird migration events is the movement of massive flocks of Sandhill Cranes between their wintering and breeding grounds. Indeed this is an event for the ...

GAUTIER, Miss. -- The great blue heron won the day over the Mississippi sandhill crane as the featured bird on the Gautier gateway sculpture. At a meeting of Gautier Pride on Tuesday at City Hall, the ...

The large birds typically breed with the same partner, year to year, and the resulting pale blue eggs that take about 27 to 29 days to hatch. A female osprey named Jane should be on her way back ...