Great Blue Heron Inflight with Food as a Great Egret Watches from the Treetop 1
by Linda Brody
Title
Great Blue Heron Inflight with Food as a Great Egret Watches from the Treetop 1
Artist
Linda Brody
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Great Blue Heron Inflight and Great Egret in Tree watches.
A Great Blue Heron with food is heading for the trees. A Great Egret is sitting near the top of a tree looking on. A birding ground is located in Orange County, California at Santa Ana Lakes. A series of retention basins.
Largest of the North American herons with long legs, a sinuous neck, and thick, daggerlike bill. Head, chest, and wing plumes give a shaggy appearance. In flight, the Great Blue Heron curls its neck into a tight "S" shape; its wings are broad and rounded and its legs trail well beyond the tail. Great Blue Herons appear blue-gray from a distance, with a wide black stripe over the eye. In flight, the upper side of the wing is two-toned: pale on the forewing and darker on the flight 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.
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January 3rd, 2017
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