A great blue heron takes off above the Colorado River after grabbing a quick lunch on an exposed sandbar during Tuesday ...

I’m motivated to feature the great blue in my column today due to a series of close encounters with a juvenile heron that’s set up shop on our backyard pond this past week.

“The three of us were driving around, and then all of a sudden I noticed this great blue heron in the distance flying and quickly snapped two photos," Hall said. "It wasn’t until after that I ...

The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Its range is very wide, spreading from norther Canada to South America depending on the time of year, and encompassing almost all ...

Great blue herons are long of this world, an old species, fossils dating back at least 14 million years. In certain poses these birds can show that ancient age.

There are one or two things one does not do in the company of great blue herons. First, if you are presented with a wounded heron that’s been confined to a burlap sack, do not open the sack to ...

Great blue heron June 21, 2023 Updated Wed., June 21, 2023 at 8:53 p.m. A great blue heron watches over the Little Spokane River just after it finished preening on Monday. (Courtesy of Carrie ...

A great blue heron builds a nest in a eucalyptus tree behind the library in Newport Beach where a proposed public works project may threaten the future of the old towering tree. It’s not the ...

Doomed Newport Beach tree housing great blue heron chicks saved for now, but their future is up in the air Blue herons nest in a tree near the Balboa Branch Library.