The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron native to North America, with height up to 54 inches and a wingspan of 66 to 79 inches—a maximum of more than seven and a half feet. While its primary diet is ...

This week’s featured creature is the largest heron in North America and is a permanent resident in the Ada area. Herons, egrets and bitterns are in the family Ardeidae.

At 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of up to 6 feet, and weighing about 6½ pounds, the great blue heron is one of the largest — and most impressive — birds in Massachusetts. Whether standing statuesque at ...

Northern Colorado's largest and most visible great blue heron rookery tree is largely gone, leaving some readers to question if the tree was intentionally cut down to disperse the herons, given a ...

No matter where you live in Wisconsin, you've seen them. In flight, they're conspicuous for their large size, deep, slow wingbeats and the "S" shape of their necks. Along shore, the tall, grayish blue ...

TUCSON (KVOA) - The Old Pueblo is definitely not known for its wetlands, shorelines or even riverbends. However, one of its largest inhabitants recently found itself in need of help in the middle of ...