Ugly Side of Cute
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Ugly Side of Cute
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_2817
Description
Great WhiteEgret(Ardea alba)is known as Common Egret, Large Egret or Great White Heron. They fly slowly with its neck retracted but powerfully: with just two wingbeats per second their cruising speed is around 25 miles an hour. The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society. Audubon was founded to protect birds from being killed for their feathers. The elegant Great Egret is a dazzling sight in many a North American wetland. Slightly smaller and more svelte than a Great Blue Heron, these are still large birds with impressive wingspans. They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill. Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds. Great Egrets live in freshwater, brackish, and marine wetlands. During the breeding season they live in colonies in trees or shrubs with other waterbirds. The colonies are located on lakes, ponds, marshes, estuaries, impoundments, and islands. They hunt in marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, impoundments, lagoons, tidal flats, canals, ditches, fish-rearing ponds, flooded farm fields, and sometimes upland habitats. Standing up to 3.3 ft. tall, this species can measure 31 to 41 in. in length and have a wingspan of 52 to 67 in. Body mass can range from 700 to 1.5 to 3.3 lbs., with an average of around 2.2 lbs.
Uploaded
July 20th, 2013
Statistics
Viewed 708 Times - Last Visitor from Houston, TX on 03/29/2024 at 8:00 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments (11)
Brian Tada
Jennie, what an awesome portrait of these Great White Egret young ones! Perfect timing, and love their expressions! A truly endearing, adorable image, beautifully captured and superbly framed. Outstanding work! F/L
Morris Finkelstein
Very cute close-up photograph of these Great Egret chicks, having a bad hair day. Your exposure, feather detail, and composition are perfect!
Emmy Vickers
Jennie - this shot is just too cute. Great capture! I love the title you chose for this photo, too. L/V.
Mary McAvoy
Wonderful photo, great focus!
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Mary! Grateful to be featured and selected in your CAPTURING THE GREAT HERON group homepage.
Jennie Breeze
Thank you for featuring my 'Ugly Side of Cute' in your EGRETS 2-day and FEATHERS AND BEAKS group homepages.
Doris Potter
I love these lovable, ridiculous little faces! Thanks for the smile this brings me. :-) F/V
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Doris! They make me smile too. It's hard to believe they grow up so fast to be so beautiful.