Shadow on a Wing

by Jennie Breeze

Title

Shadow on a Wing

Artist

Jennie Breeze

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Photograph - Original Img_0221

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This image has recently been selected to be on exhibit in the juried 2014 Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California. It also won 1st Place in the Huntington Beach Art League Exhibit and was exhibited at the Laguna Beach City Hall. See 'Events; or 'Press' tabs for more info. 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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June 29th, 2013

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