It sounds like the setup for a joke missing a punchline: What’s big and white and seen all over? One of the first things many Southwest Florida newcomers may notice is the abundance of large, pale, ...

Look for a flash of white along coasts and shorelines to locate a great egret. Long-legged like a heron, the great egret’s all-white feathers and its yellow bill tend to make it an easy spot in its ...

Noise-making aerial shells will be fired off on Saturday night in Gustine to try and scare away hundreds of loud and messy Cattle Egrets from Schmidt Park. GUSTINE, Calif. (KFSN) -- City officials in ...

Standing 3 feet tall and flying on a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the great egret rates among the showiest of wading birds. At no time is it more eye-catching than in March and April, when silkenlike, ...

DEAR JOAN: Recently I’ve been hearing some very strange noises coming from a nearby tall oak that’s right next to Deer Creek. I walked over to investigate and learned there is a small colony of snowy ...