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Great Egret and Great Blue Heron

Ardea alba and Ardea herodias

Habitat:

Marsh habitat off the Mississippi River. Nahant Marsh Education Center

Notes:

This great egret had just caught a bowfin for a meal, and the great blue heron really wanted it. This marsh is loaded with bowfin, and this seems to be the primary food source for the larger birds.

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8 Comments

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

Glad to help!

beaker98
beaker98 9 years ago

Thanks for the tip Ashley! I always appreciate your expertise.

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

It helps having the great blue heron in the photo too for a size reference. You can also go off of leg color. Great egrets have black legs and cattle egrets have yellow/orange legs :)

beaker98
beaker98 9 years ago

Thanks James and Ashley! Thanks for the proper ID as well Ashley. I went back and forth on this one.

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

Hey Bill, that's a great egret, not a cattle egret :) Great shots of it with a fish though!

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Awesome shots, love the one of the Great Blue landing

beaker98
beaker98 9 years ago

Thanks Stephanie! I'm headed there again tomorrow and hopefully the gates will be open. I would love to get closer and get in the photo blind they have there. These were taken at quite a distance.

Stephanie R.
Stephanie R. 9 years ago

Nice looking photos, Bill. I am glad that you finally made it out to the marsh!

beaker98
Spotted by
beaker98

Davenport, Iowa, USA

Spotted on Aug 3, 2014
Submitted on Aug 6, 2014

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