Before a full day of preening, hunting and squawking, this Egret takes a few moments to start the day of one of it's favorite limbs.Great EgretArdea albaIchetucknee RiverIchetucknee Springs State ParkSuwannee County Florida, USAOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIM.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 RTiffen Circular Polarizer
Adult and two very demanding juvenilesFor a different perspective wmc40dop.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/perspectives/ Adult in non-breeding plumageGreat Egret Ardea albassp Ardea alba modesta (Clements 5th. and 6th. Ed.)Ardea modesta (Split?)Location: Tamarind tree, beside a main road, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Large colony secure within the perimeter of the base of a unit of the armed forces.23rd. March 2008690V2775
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias, after catching a fish (yellow perch??) at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, in the northern Finger Lakes Region of New York just before sunset on April 26... (c) Dave Spier (cropped from a vertical 8 MP file and uploaded as low-res preview)
Summary[edit] Description: English: This bird was just passing by when I took this photo. I had to change my direction and walk alongside to take it. Date: 8 February 2009, 12:16:53. Source: Own work. Author: Soumya.k.d.
Description: Great Egret (Casmerodius albus), Morro Bay, CA 5-2-07 - Photo by Mike Baird bairdphotos.com Canon 20D 100-400mm IS lens handheld from an outrigger canoe. 1/4000th sec, aperture was wide open at f5/6, ISO 400 - overcast cloudy day - shot in RAW. Date: 2 May 2007, 10:30. Source: great-egret_MG_5108. Author: Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USA. Camera location35° 20′ 15.81″ N, 120° 50′ 18.27″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 35.337726; -120.838408.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) looking for fish to come up. Date: 3 January 2021, 08:20:46. Source: Own work. Author: Sunnyjosef.