Our Lady of the Lake University on the city's West Side is seen in a Tuesday, April 3, 2019, aerial photo. A cattle egret rookery on Bird Island in Elmendorf Lake is seen at the bottom of the image.

Three eggs found in a nest at Elmendorf Lake that have halted plans by the city and Joint Base San Antonio to remove cattle egrets identified as a risk factor for aircraft using nearby military ...

Bird eggs have varying round, oval and elliptical shapes. Eggs are permeable, with roughly 17,000 pores to allow an exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor with outside air.

Great egret eggs are bluish green. That color develops in the mother bird's reproductive tract. Photo Credit: Kathy Adams Clark. Restricted use. Photo Credit: Kathy Adams Clark Restricted use.

Linda Flint got interested in bird watching in the early 1970s as a fun, inexpensive hobby that she could do with a friend outdoors. Before long, her hobby led her to Audubon Canyon Ranch, the ...

Kendrapada: Mangrove forests of Bhitarkanika National Park are once again teeming with life as thousands of monsoon birds have arrived for their annua.

Great White Egret, by Antonio Soto, photographed March 2009, South Florida Antonio Soto When I first saw this striking photo, the winner of the Reader’s Choice award in Smithsonian magazine’s ...

A Great Egret takes flight from atop a tree at the San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. The 300-acre sanctuary, ...

The cattle egret is an interesting example of a recent addition to Costa Rica’s species list. The first cattle egret sighting in Costa Rica was reported in 1954. Originally being native to southern ...