As It Is
Photographer Edwin Wu, who has shared extraordinary images here, contributes these photographs showing scenes that aren’t pretty to our eyes,
Read morePhotographer Emilie Keas has a collection of more than a hundred photos taken in the park, going back to 2016.
Read moreHerons and cormorants have very different styles of hunting. The herons (and their family members, the egrets) stay mostly still
Read moreThis might not be the most dramatic event in a bird’s life or in a nature watcher’s experience. But, while
Read moreGreat, Blue, Snowy, Heron, Egret — it can get confusing. Why is the blue one a heron and the white
Read moreThe Great Egret has the size and the weapons to gouge a charging dog’s eyes out. But here it chose
Read morePark visitor Parissa K. Salimian writes My boyfriend, Mike, and I are fans and regulars of the park. We only
Read moreAs if posing for a postcard, this Great Egret stalked the hill on the northwest corner of the park, with
Read moreEach of the two egret species we see most commonly in the park — the Great and the Snowy —
Read moreI’ve been looking at the Great Egret all wrong. Every time I see one, I focus on the head. That
Read moreThe Great Egret likes creatures of the water. It likes creatures of the earth. So why not creatures of the
Read moreThis is, I believe, the same Great Egret I saw on October 25. It’s a large, magnificent specimen. It stood
Read moreIn a recent post I promised to showcase a Great Egret. I didn’t have a current bird of that species
Read moreA Great Egret hunting in shallow water strikes out about five times out of six, in my observation. Here, a
Read moreNothing on two legs stalks through brush more silently than the Great Egret. It suspends its weight effortlessly on one
Read moreThe north bank of the Schoolhouse Creek channel seems to be a kind of field hospital for birds in trouble.
Read moreEgrets and herons mostly strike out when they pounce, in my observation. But this Great Egret, working the mudflats at
Read moreThe Great Egret and the Snowy Egret often keep company. Here’s such a pair on a quiet sunny morning on
Read moreThe Great Egret — as you can see in earlier posts on this blog — can spear and devour both
Read moreSummer is here. The park is fading from green to brown. The masses of migrating shore and water birds have
Read moreSometimes birds act as if they want their portraits taken. That was the case with this Great Egret, who flew
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