Nature Calls: The flight of the cattle egret comes with a bittersweet reminder Paul Dietrich Published October 16, 2022 6:00am Updated October 16, 2022 4:35pm Comments ...

After other visitors yelled at them to leave the birds alone, one of the men threw a rock at an egret, a wading bird, closely related to a heron. The man missed but hit the bird with a second rock, ...

I’ve always been intrigued by birds whose ranges span the miles – and occasionally the oceans. While many species, like evening grosbeaks, inhabit relatively limited ranges others, like… ...

How Two Women Ended the Deadly Feather Trade Birds like the snowy egret were on the brink of extinction, all because of their sought-after plumage ...