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  1. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Great Egret
  2. Flaps up, break for landing

    Flaps up, break for landing

    Great Egret doing its thing
  3. great egret-1.jpg

    great egret-1.jpg

    Great Egret. Chance fly-by, it was not going to get past me without its photo being taken!
  4. Great Egret flight

    Great Egret flight

    It was actually landing a couple of seconds later
  5. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Decimated by plume hunters in the early twentieth century, the National Audubon Society was originally formed to protect these birds, and the Great Egret is their symbol. Their population has recovered in spectacular fashion, a testament to the success of conservation efforts and legal...
  6. Egrets

    Egrets

    Great White Egret and Little Egret together.
  7. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Probably subspecies egretta
  8. Autumn layers. Great egret

    Autumn layers. Great egret

  9. Great egret

    Great egret

    went back to the stream and found two of them, remember that was a lifer just two weeks ago. i hope they stay the winter. hope you like it.
  10. Great Egret talking

    Great Egret talking

    This Great Egret lives near my old farmhouse in southern Oregon, and often hangs out in willow trees, near some local irrigation ditches and ponds. At the moment I took this shot, he appears to be speaking or calling out - but actually I think he may just have been yawning.
  11. Great egret

    Great egret

  12. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    finally i got it, its not rare and regular passage migrant, but in all these year i never record it. so its a lifer, hope you like it.
  13. Great Egret

    Great Egret

  14. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    An adult devouring a mouse. Formerly placed in the genera "Egretta" or "Casmerodius", but genetic studies align it with the large herons in the genus "Ardea." Birds in the Americas are the subspecies "egretta" characterized by its yellow bill often with dark tip. Other English names include...
  15. Great egret

    Great egret

    Getting more common nowadays
  16. Strictly come dancing....

    Strictly come dancing....

    Bill Bailey pose? Great egret
  17. great egret

    great egret

  18. Lakescape-1K81

    Lakescape-1K81

    A wonderful lineup ... Great Egret Cattle Egret Little Egret and ... Indian Pond Heron from far end to near ... All in the breeding plumage ... the Great one not fully yet ... ___________________ Gurugram Haryana India 25 July 2024
  19. great egret

    great egret

  20. Viewing platform occupied.jpg

    Viewing platform occupied.jpg

    On a local pond they are erecting this structure which I assume is going to be a viewing platform. As construction is still ongoing, people are not supposed to get on yet. However, this great egret did not get the message :-)
  21. Lakescpe-1K66

    Lakescpe-1K66

    Great Egret ... ... in a rather ... likeable setting ... _________________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 11 March 2024
  22. Great Egret

    Great Egret

  23. Great egret

    Great egret

    makes me think of one of those creatures from Chicken Run
  24. great egret

    great egret

  25. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Great Egret
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