The Silent Stalker
Nothing on two legs stalks through brush more silently than the Great Egret. It suspends its weight effortlessly on one
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Great Egret
Injured Duck Defies Egret
The north bank of the Schoolhouse Creek channel seems to be a kind of field hospital for birds in trouble.
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Great Egret Has Success
Egrets and herons mostly strike out when they pounce, in my observation. But this Great Egret, working the mudflats at
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An Egret Duet
The Great Egret and the Snowy Egret often keep company. Here’s such a pair on a quiet sunny morning on
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Spearing a Light Lunch
The Great Egret — as you can see in earlier posts on this blog — can spear and devour both
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A Parley of Pelicans
Summer is here. The park is fading from green to brown. The masses of migrating shore and water birds have
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Great Egret: A Portrait
Sometimes birds act as if they want their portraits taken. That was the case with this Great Egret, who flew
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A Question Answered
The Great Egret is with the Great Blue Heron the largest carnivorous bird in the park. If you questioned whether
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North Basin: The Video
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The North Basin is the body of water between
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Egrets Aplenty
This evening a low tide exposed a few yards of mud, and egrets were all over it. I saw no
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