PITKIN COUNTY – Just when it looked like a great blue heron colony was going to be re-established in the midvalley this spring, a golden eagle turned a nursery into a buffet. The eagle devoured heron ...

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Sterling, N.Y. — The commotion of boisterous youth squawking for food from their parents and posturing to leave the nest are familiar to families of teenagers. Such was the scene at Sterling Nature ...

Listen closely next time you’re in downtown Olympia. You might be able to hear a strange sound like quacking, barking, chirping and screeching all at once. That’s the sound of the great blue heron, a ...

DRUMMOND – It’s not everywhere you can get eye to eye with a wild heron during mating season. Great blue herons (Ardea herodias) return to southwestern Montana to raise their chicks in rookeries – the ...

Nestled high in the tree line near the Olympia Farmers Market the sounds of chirping chicks and the distinctive screech from adult great blue herons is filling the air during their nesting season.