Great White Egret Family
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Great White Egret Family
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_1261
Description
The 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.
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December 11th, 2013
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Comments (6)
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations. Your amazing nature photography has been featured on the home page of The 200 Club. Please archive it in the appropriate discussions.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Great way to start the New Year 2023! Appreciate the feature in your THE 200 CLUB-BEST PHOTO art club. Thanks Barbie!
Jennie Breeze
Great way to start the New Year 2023! Appreciate the feature in your THE 200 CLUB-BEST PHOTO art club. Thanks Barbie!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Don! Appreciate being selected & featured in A BIRDING GROUP-WINGS art group.
Marvin Spates
Very beautiful photo Jennie!!! Your photos are so amazing!!! LF
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Robert! Appreciate being selected and featured in your NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY art group homepage.
Mary McAvoy
Jennie, this is just perfectly beautiful! The composition, color, drama, detail, focus. A prize winner!
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Mary! Always an honor being selected and featured in your CAPTURING THE GREAT HERON group homepage. You always make the best comments.