Beau Goes SQUAWWNK! And Skedaddles

Beau is our name for the beautiful Great Blue Heron who fishes in a nearby salt marsh. Many’s the time … More

Return of the Magical Marsh Dancer

After a long recess in the reeds, our Snowy Egret friends are back… And Stanley here is dancing atop the water … More

Cato is a Cattle Egret, feasting on the insect life that our bovine friends attract and drive out of the … More

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

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Here’s a discovery from last autumn’s archives, previously unpublished, featuring my favorite wading bird ever.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