It's nesting season for many Pacific Northwest birds including Great Blue Herons. And in the bluffs near the Ballard Locks in Seattle, the Heron Habitat Helpers keep the space hospitable. The fledging ...

Every year blue herons make their nests along the water in Ballard. And every year the Heron Habitat Helpers are there to assist. Ross Reynolds spoke to two of those volunteer helpers last week - ...

The wind-driven 2020 Almeda fire that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in southern Oregon also burned down ...

Once threatened by potential development at Sanders Ranch, a downvalley great blue heron rookery will be preserved as part of a conservation easement announced by Sanders Ranch Holdings and the ...

I’VE CHOSEN THE perfect day to join the Heron Habitat Helpers gathered at Commodore Park in Magnolia: Great blue herons have been flying nearby for weeks, but this day, they’ve finally started ...

After launching a fundraising campaign to purchase a nesting site for great blue herons that faced risk from development, the Bainbridge Island Land Trust will acquire the protected species' habitat.

Sheltered by the steep sides of Kiwanis Ravine Park on the north end Magnolia are 80 nests housing up to 160 adult great blue herons and 320 chicks - the largest heron colony in the city. These birds ...

The large, stick-built nests sit high in pines above the marsh, which is alive with croaking frogs, quarreling geese and the calls of insects. Great blue herons and great egrets make great loops as ...

A group of Oxnard beach residents is upset about the possible site of a new boating center at Channel Islands Harbor, saying the project would destroy a prized habitat of about 100 blue herons. The ...

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 ...