Shadow Flight

A few years ago, a flock of Great Egrets (Ardea alba) passed overhead. In this image, they’re little more than silhouettes—dark forms gliding across a clouded sky, stripped of detail but full of motion.

Explore a curated collection of heron and egret images in my photo gallery. Take a look!

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

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Great egret grasping a freshly caught fish at dusk.

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Two greats in the green. A pose and a preen.

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Tandem reflections. This pair of Great Egrets persisted in following a visitor from the south, a juvenile Roseate Spoonbill, around the marsh last July, despite its frequent calls telling them to back off.

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Title: Egrets in the Snow (1927)

Artist: Ohara Koson

https://justjapanstuff.com/2016/07/10/nature-japan-great-egret/ #ShinHanga #OharaKoson #Art #Showa #Snow #Winter #Egrets #GreatEgrets #Herons #GreatWhiteHerons #Japan

Spring is here, and chicks are too! Great blue herons and snowy egrets are nesting in trees around the island of Alameda and Bay Farm Island. Marjorie Powell highlights these species, with photos of the babies and nests by Rick Lewis.

https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/baby-birds-abound/

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Great egret, standing in the water preening, backlit by the sun.

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