Since last Sunday a rare-for-North America Western Reef Heron has been alternately frustrating and rewarding...
Last year a Western Reef Heron was spotted in Maine and New Hampshire, last week...
A Green Heron at Five Rivers in Delmar, NY, was my trigger bird, so I...
Eerie. Sinister. Unnaturally still. These are apt descriptions for those wondrous waders, the night herons....
There is no single reason why I enjoy finding, identifying, photographing and now blogging about...
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