Spotting a regal, statuesque great blue heron is always a treat. Learn facts about these birds' nests, calls and more.

[email protected] Apr 22, 2012 Apr 22, 2012 NORTH ANDOVER — The great blue heron, a slender and elegant water bird with a lavender hue and a long pointed beak, makes its nest in the tops ...

From their pointy beaks to the long toes at the end of some of the longest legs in the Kansas bird world, everything about great blue herons is skinny. But they didn’t get that way because they ...