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Great Egret (Ardea alba)
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Note the all-black legs and long, yellow bill

General Description: Great Egrets (Ardea alba) are large white herons. They are all white with a yellow-orange bill and gray to black legs (always dark all the way to the toes. Sexes alike. During breeding season, they grow long plume feathers that can be seen flowing down the back and extending past the tail.

Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae

Favored Habitat: Shallow ponds and marshes.

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egrets mostly catch and eat fish

Where to Find: Neighborhood ponds, parks (e.g., Lorenzi Park and Sunset Park), the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, and Boulder Beach Marina at Lake Mead NRA. To find them in more natural habitat, visit the Pahranagat Valley or the Overton Wildlife Management Area.

Comments: Great Egrets feed in shallow water for fish and bugs, but they also forage on land for mice, lizards, and anything else they can catch.

Great Egret (Ardea alba) If you were a tasty fish or a little mouse, this might be the last face you ever see!
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret with black legs and feet; Dunedin, Florida
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret resting on a dock with Ring-billed Gull
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret hunting in deep water; got it!
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret hunting in the grass, perhaps looking for mice
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret with long breeding plumes
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret with long breeding plumes
Great Egret Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret feet
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret feet
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret in flight. Note breeding plumes trailing along the legs
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret in flight
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret habitat: shallow waters in at Pahranagat NWR
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret coming in for a landing
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret almost down
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret gracefully sticks the landing
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
One less crawdad in Audubon Corkscrew Swamp, Florida
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
One less crawdad in Audubon Corkscrew Swamp, Florida
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egrets in Henderson BVP
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret in Audubon Corkscrew Swamp, Florida
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egrets like to roost and nest in trees
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret in Ruby Marsh, northeast Nevada

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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