American bitterns vs. snake at Brazos Bend State Park in March 2022. (Elise Kitchens) The photos were definitely in focus, as it turns out. Kitchens sent a copy of the crazy scene to Brazos Bend ...

More Jupiterimages / mrjo2405/PHOTOS.com / iStock / Getty Images Plus. The use of shed snake skins in bird nests has been documented for centuries by birdwatchers—some of whom have speculated ...

From nesting flamingos to hunting owls to a snake-wrestling heron, photographers from around the world captured a variety of winged wonder in this selection of images from the Bird Photographer of ...