A summer wetland landscape scene is only complete if a great egret is standing on the edge of the water. Its bright white plumage and elegant S-curved neck belie its loud croaking call. More than a ...

Jacki Gerber shared her favorite photo of a great egret feeding its young on a recent trip to Monkey Island in Currituck Sound. “So cool to see these fuzzy chicks!” Gerber wrote. Joe DiGeronimo sent ...

When Matt Gerrits spotted a brilliant white bird wading through the shallows at Blind Slough on a December 5, he initially thought it might be a rare white heron. A closer look revealed something ...

An unprecedented number of great egrets — large, white wading birds from the South — have descended upon Lake Ontelaunee within the past week. Rudy Keller of District Township, who compiles the Berks ...

Rich Thiesfeld got a great shot of a great blue heron at Alligator National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. “He seemed so intent on fishing for food that he let me wander up pretty close,” wrote ...

Elegant is an adjective that means pleasingly graceful and attractive in appearance and manner. This is the perfect description for the focus of today’s article, the great egret. The great egret ...

The great egret had returned on a late July morning to hunt in the shallow pond that borders our backyard. This is the second time in 22 years that we have seen that species here, other than an ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — In early July, the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center treated an injured Great Egret, who was found limping and struggling on the ground at Kiwanis Lake in York County. About a month ...