Jonathan Snyder sent a pretty portrait of a snowy egret on a branch at Pleasure House Point. Notice its black beak and its yellow feet in contrast to the yellow beak and black feet of the great egret.

A rare bird in most of Ohio, the Snowy Egret is common in one area of Ohio, the western Lake Erie area. The best place to find them then is at the Ottawa Wildlife Refuge near Oak Harbor.

It sounds like the setup for a joke missing a punchline: What’s big and white and seen all over? One of the first things many Southwest Florida newcomers may notice is the abundance of large, pale, ...

A great egret lifts off from a branch at Schwan Lake in Live Oak. Great egrets are among 37 bird species seen at the site this month according to community reporting on ebird.org. While we find both ...

While I photographed, Cathy was busy observing several thousand roseate spoonbills, great and snowy egrets, and cormorants in a communal nesting area called a rookery at Smith Oaks on High Island in ...

North Dakota generally is not considered good country for white egrets. Nevertheless, on a drive across the state last week, I saw two species of half a dozen that occur on the continent. These were ...

RICE TWP. – A large white bird, as graceful as it is rare, curled its neck into an “S” while wading amid greenery just off shore at the Ice Lakes. Before scanning the shallows for fish, frogs and ...