What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...

No one, not even New Yorkers, can be prepared for a showdown between a rat and a blue heron. The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on ...

There’s a new rat czar in town. An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.” The ...