Cranes and herons, both large birds often found near water, can be distinguished by their physical traits, diet, and behavior. Cranes have bare, red heads and fly with necks outstretched, while herons ...

Majestic creatures are starting to return to southern Michigan and put on early spring spectacles that nature lovers will not want to miss. Avid birdwatchers say Livingston County and the surrounding ...

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 ...

Not too long ago, while I was photographing a great egret from Goose Island, I noticed a canoe heading our way. I thought the egret would fly away when it saw the approaching canoe, but to my surprise ...

Central Minnesota (and places within a few hours’ drive) offers some pretty spectacular bird-watching opportunities throughout the year. Over the past season, Our Woods & Waters explored some of them.

Othello is the place right now to experience one of Washington's most spectacular wildlife events, the annual migration of thousands of sandhill cranes. Each spring, these majestic birds linger around ...

Social systems of great blue herons vary dramatically, from solitary nests to large heronries, and some heronries include nests of great egrets and cattle egrets Crane Hollow Road, one mile southwest ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Each year, the Nature’s Best Photography Awards unite the ...

Majestic creatures are starting to return to southern Michigan and put on early spring spectacles that nature lovers will not want to miss. Avid birdwatchers say Livingston County and the surrounding ...