Not too long ago, while I was photographing a great egret from Goose Island, I noticed a canoe heading our way. I thought the egret would fly away when it saw the approaching canoe, but to my surprise ...

There's a familiar scene in “The Wizard of Oz,” where Dorothy and her pals proceed down the yellow brick road chanting, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Birding might have a similar line. This ...

You’ll almost always spot a few egrets along the south bank of the Calaveras River near Stockton Golf and Country Club. But Ward Downs, a retired English teacher who is interested in birds, couldn’t ...