Great Egret

Another Postcard

As if posing for a postcard, this Great Egret stalked the hill on the northwest corner of the park, with

Each of the two egret species we see most commonly in the park — the Great and the Snowy —

This Great Egret had dined recently. When hunting in water, the bird repeatedly dips its beak after finishing a meal.

I’ve been looking at the Great Egret all wrong. Every time I see one, I focus on the head. That

The Great Egret likes creatures of the water. It likes creatures of the earth. So why not creatures of the

This is, I believe, the same Great Egret I saw on October 25. It’s a large, magnificent specimen. It stood

In a recent post I promised to showcase a Great Egret. I didn’t have a current bird of that species

A Great Egret hunting in shallow water strikes out about five times out of six, in my observation. Here, a

A Great Egret — sometimes two — has been hunting in the Nature Preserve on the north side of the

Nothing on two legs stalks through brush more silently than the Great Egret. It suspends its weight effortlessly on one

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