This song would have to be near the top of a young little blue heron’s playlist. Yes, I realize this calls for an explanation. Compared to its larger relative, the great blue heron, the little blue ...

Today we meet the little blue heron. It’s a heron that’s little and blue. Most of the time. The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is known as the garceta azul in Spanish, which translates right ...

Joseph Robbins sent a photo of a little blue heron taking flight at Monkey Island in northeastern North Carolina. Little blue herons are a smaller version of the great blue heron, but are dark blue ...

Some of Ohio’s wetlands and waterways have become decidedly Floridian this summer. A significant incursion of two species of southern waterbirds not normally seen this far north — at least in any ...

The little blue heron is similar in many ways to the better known great blue heron. Both are native birds with long legs and long necks. The little blue heron I show here is an adult of breeding age ...

We were seeking a rare bird in a northern Illinois savanna, an immature little blue heron. The bird is blue as an adult, but when it’s immature, it’s solid white, just as white as a great egret, but ...

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a very common and distinctive wading bird found throughout Frederick County near ponds, wetlands and stream bottoms. The great blue heron is a large bird, ...

The little blue heron is one of the more conspicuous of herons and waterbirds. Staying more in the hidden corners near the shallow edges of bodies of water, this small, dark heron is usually found in ...

Herons are some of our most conspicuous birds. A very common species is the great blue heron, which is about 4 feet in length and sports a 6-foot wingspan. When flushed, a great blue utters deep ...

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Linda Glasson sent a photo of a little blue heron perched at Assateague on the Eastern Shore in Virginia. A little blue heron balances on a post at Assateague on the Eastern Shore. Courtesy of Linda ...