Little Egret - Egretta Gazetta

The elegant Great Egret is a dazzling sight in many of North American wetland. Slightly smaller than a Great Blue Heron.

They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill.

Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds.

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So amazing to get a chance to see this guy fishing in the sunlight with beautiful reflections in the pond

Yellow beak enjoying a break under the sun - Hong Kong

Great egret.

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Wildwood Park, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Thinks he's an eagle....

Bubulcus ibis

ORDER: PELECANIFORMES

FAMILY: ARDEIDAE

Williamson County, Texas, USA; June 2, 2015.

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The Snowy Egret was hovering on the surface of the water during the entire fishing series.

Great White Egret fishing at Rutland Water.

Sometimes the light is magic.

Snowy Egret on the rocks in Southwest Florida

The Creation of Adam....Not quite but it reminded me of Michelangelo's painting when I took it.

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Great egret along the rushes. Caught in that wonderful late day light.

Wildwood lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Great Egret enjoying a small minnow snack.

Ardea alba

Grote Zilverreiger, Silberreiher, Grande Aigrette

Burton Mere Wetlands

Rspb Nature Reserve

Great Egret

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I loved watching these egrets. They have such attitude. Taken in Florida.

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I don't post many photographs of birds, but I like this one of a snowy egret at a tide pool at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. Point Lobos derives its name from the offshore rocks at Punta de los Lobos Marinos, Point of the Sea Wolves, where the sound of barking sea lions carries inland.

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This is a capture of a Great Egret with mating plumage. Great egrets develop long, ornamental plumes on the back during the breeding season and spread them (in a fan-shaped manner) like peacocks during the courtship.They are just incredible to see during this period.

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey.

This egret was hunting in the shallow water. From my vantage point, it looked like it was in a field next to the water. Yet it would stab down, then come back with a fish periodically. At Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Richmond Park London

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Great Egret

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Great Egret

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Snowy Egret hunting for food in the marsh waters of South Florida in the morning

Parque Ecológico de Campinas

Just caught and swallowed a small fish.

Great Egret (wild) and American Alligators (captive), Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida

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Tophill Low, Yorkshire

good to go

It’s always a pleasure to capture an Egret but to catch one with a fish is a bonus. We took this photo of the Great Egret at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. Located at the north end of Humboldt Bay, the sanctuary is situated along the Pacific Flyway, a major migratory route for thousands of birds that breed in the far north and winter in California, Mexico, and Central and South America. These wetlands provide homes and migratory resting places for over 270 species of birds.

Taken at Frampton Marsh.