great egret

Ibis on left, Great Egret in the middle and Tricolored Heron on the right. This image does not do justice to how pretty this location was.

Sorry to bore everybody with another Great Egret shot but I like them. They just seem so aloof and haughty--reminds me of 'Her Indoors' sometimes!!!!!

Great Egret

Great Egret

Taken along the Marsh Trail.

A flyby on the Marsh Trail.

The difference between this egret and the Great White Heron, which I have not seen, is the legs are yellow on the heron, which is really a white morph of the Great Blue Heron.

I got up earlier this day to catch that morning glow. Something I find harder to do with each passing year.

Taken along the Marsh Trail south of Naples, Florida.

Note black bill and green facial skin.

Note yellow bill and facial skin

A quick post this am of a shot from September, when it was warmer and less ice and snow.... it will get like that again although it doesn't seem like it.... lol

This magnificent bird flew into our back yard for a picnic lunch.

He tried but missed. Fortunately for him he was able to catch a couple of fish that morning. I liked these two shots tho because of the water splash.

Great Egret plunges in after fish.

This was farm land once, but made into a National Refuge by flooding and some sharp management. Back in Florida after 3 days of traveling with our dog.

6am on a rather dull morning yesterday saw at least 30 various Egrets at the " Lilly Lagoon" Water going down quickly since my last visit and not much else around , several Red-browed Finches and only one Baillon's Crake and one Royal Spoonbill

I think these wild flowers look pink, but their name is Purple Loosestrife, which some states have as an invasive species

Taken late yesterday arvo at my local wetlands just two minutes drive away from home. Not much water left now but home at the moment to this Egret, White -faced Stilts , Sharp -tailed Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints