Slamming on the Brakes!

When Lyle the Little Blue Heron lands into the wind, it can look like he’s flying backward!

Up, up and away

In our last post of Eglantine, she was launching, so it’s naturally time for her to… FLY AGAIN! You go, … More

That would be me and not Nigel the Black-Crowned Night Heron… Although Nigel might pass for Fred on a foggy … More

“First I must blow the fairy dust on you,” says Peter, and the Darling children shout out lovely thoughts—Fishing! Hopscotch! … More

Line from an old Folk Song of the sixties. This is a Snowy Egret taking flight for food. She’ll light … More

Here’s a discovery from last autumn’s archives, previously unpublished, featuring my favorite wading bird ever. The Little Blue Heron (Lyle) … More

Have to admire Eglantine for finding what looks like a flipping fish in a marsh pool so shallow it barely … More

SnowyEgrets have the prettiest fishing routine I’ve ever seen in all my experience photographing wading and water birds…

Simply watching a Great Egret fly from one salt marsh pond to the next can be entrancing… The wings beat … More

It’s been a year since a Snowy Egret showed up in the salt marsh, and Serenity’s visit proved well worth … More