This is the moment an unsuspecting bird is ambushed by his mate as they hunted for fish in the Gulf of Mexico. The young Reddish Egret was wading through the waves to try and catch the bait fish which ...

, and found an unexpected surprise -- a third New Jersey record of a reddish egret. The bird was a juvenile and quite drab, which makes identification difficult. Adult birds of this species usually ...

Demand for fashionable hats almost wiped out one of North America's rarest birds. Now Florida biologists want to establish a baseline for the reddish egret's population to make sure the bird with the ...