Explore Galway Kinnell's poem with E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee and other guests How is the poet’s eye like–or unlike–that of the scientist, the photographer, or of the small child first ...

I was very fortunate to grow up on a good-sized muddy lake not far from where I'm sitting. There, I could watch muskrats, catch sunfish, and observe a particular great blue heron. Every spring we ...

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At 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of up to 6 feet, and weighing about 6½ pounds, the great blue heron is one of the largest — and most impressive — birds in Massachusetts. Whether standing statuesque at ...