Birds at the beach(Part 10)
Last part!
Great Egret
Great White Egret
The great egret, also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Recently it is also spreading to more northern areas of Europe.
Saturday Birding Trip!
These are not all of the images I got of birds from this birding trip, but they are some of the best ones.
Is Mommy ever coming with that food?
Great Egret nestlings waiting for parents to come back with food
Great Egret juvenile with strange curved beak!
There is a rookery (egretry?) in residential Santa Rosa that I was photographing. The trees have many nests of Great and Snowy Egrets and Black-crowned Night-Herons. When I returned home (to Arcata, CA) and reviewed my photos, I noticed this strange beak on one of the juveniles begging food from its parent. I’m not sure if it had fledged yet. Probably a mutation?
Egret
Great Egret adding to it’s nest
Great White Egret Feeding
Visited the Rockery & captured Mama feeding two of her chicks!
The 3 chicks
Instigators
Great Egret chicks looked to be plotting something in this photo.
Great Egret Riding an Alligator
It is always a surprise to see a great egret riding an alligator! It does happen sometimes in Florida.
Egret
Nature’s Finest
Backyard snapshots