Snowy Egrets like to keep their distance. Normally the slender, fairy-feathered shorebirds are shy and avoid the humans who encroach on their territory. But...

This is that time of year here in Mexico, where everything “birds” slows down to a crawl. We have hit our peak summer temperatures, at...

As I always do on the way home, following a short visit to the San Francisco Bay Area, I take in at least one...

Fishing is not one of the recreational activities allowed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge but apparently no one has passed that information on to...

In my recent post about birding Jamaica Bay’s East Pond I mentioned a very successful Snowy Egret. It caught fish after fish after fish...

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) photos by Larry Jordan (click for full sized images) While visiting Arcata Marsh a couple of weeks ago, I had...