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Ardea alba
Caught this guy and his friend in several locations today up and down the creek. His friend is a snowy egret. "Snowy" will have her own spotting series. The duck friend that appears in picture 4 is a mystery to me. Not sure what kind he is.
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The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron is a large, widely-distributed egret. It is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron in Florida, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias). Note, however, that the name Great White Heron has occasionally been used to refer to the Great Egret. - Paraphrased from Wiki
Spotted on Jan 12, 2012
Submitted on Jan 14, 2012
13 Comments
Thanks!
lovely photos including the duck taking-off in your last pic. !
That would be a great addition to Birds of Texas mission. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1049...
Thanks! I was lucky to catch it.
Amazing pose!
It does look mallard-ish. I wasn't sure myself. I was working the zoom lens on this and wasn't close enough to ID well.
Thank you Ava
Manaswini it looks like a mallard duck.
What is that bird at the back in the 4th photo?
Thank you Emily!
Holy cow! Stunning! Absolutely stunning!
Thank you!
Wonderful series Kat!