I don’t remember exactly when I saw my firstgreat blue heron, but I remember that I was really impressed. I think I may have been around 12, and probably identified it as a rare and exotic bird. When ...

Imagine a prince, tall and angular, or a princess, long and curvy. Either with a rakish bit of long, flowing hair, dark, piercing eyes and a regal way of moving. They seem all grace and refinement.

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 look in ...

A group of great blue herons nests in the tall black cottonwoods of Ross Island, away from the dredged lagoon and just across the river from uber-urban South Waterfront. These big, gangly birds are a ...

The great blue herons are on top, their 6-foot wing spans folded into nests at the top of the platforms. Below them but still high up in the nests are masses of double-crested cormorants. And below, ...

Herons are frequent visitors to tiny Hall’s Pond in Brookline, enjoying the unlikely parcel of calm nestled between Coolidge ...