Long ago, the vulture was believed to signal impending doom. In modern-day Tarrant and Johnson counties, it’s the cattle egret we dread. Over the past 60 years, the eastern half of Texas has become a ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...

When you see a large white form in the distant group of dead trees on the far side of our wetland, you instantly become alert. In the more traveled parts of our busy world, it could be a plastic ...

Nests for egrets, like these pictured in Everglades National Park, are counted every year to measure the health of marshes. Late wet season rainfall and a tropical storm in 2021 produced a banner year ...

Birds and landscapes are bound together. Landscape is habitat, and in landscapes, birds are punctuation marks. The bird that rose from the great watery expanse north of Devils Lake seemed perfectly in ...

Long-legged wading birds — great egrets in flowing white plumes and roseate spoonbills in radiant pink plumes — stage a breeding ballet at Houston Audubon Society's Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in High ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...