Great Egret | Audubon Field Guide
Habitat Marshes, ponds, shores, mud flats. Usually forages in rather open situations, as along edges of lakes, large marshes, shallow coastal lagoons and estuaries; also along rivers in …
Great egret - Wikipedia
Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water. The great egret was formally described in 1758 by the …
Great Egret Life History - All About Birds
Habitat. Great Egrets live in freshwater, brackish, and marine wetlands. During the breeding season they live in colonies in trees or shrubs with other waterbirds, ranging across the …
Great Egret Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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 …
Great Egret - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Great egrets prefer living near any water body, occurring along streams, lakes, in saltwater and freshwater marshes, muddy areas, and ponds. Just like other heron species, these birds are …
Great Egret - American Bird Conservancy
Habitat: Fresh and saltwater wetlands, wooded swamps. The graceful, all-white Great Egret stands over 3 feet tall, with a lissome, S-curved neck, dagger-like yellow bill, and long black legs.
Great Egret Identification - All About Birds
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 …
Great White Egret Facts, Habitat, Diet, Pictures - Animal Spot
Great egrets are found in a wide variety of aquatic habitats including lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, estuaries, marsh, swamps, bogs, and coastal and brackish waters. These aquatic birds are …
Great Egret - National Geographic
Great egrets are found near water, salt or fresh, and feed in wetlands, streams, ponds, tidal flats, and other areas. They snare prey by walking slowly or standing still for...
Great Egret: Species Profile - U.S. National Park Service
Second only to the Great Blue Heron in size, the Great Egret (Casmerodius albus), sometimes called the Great White Egret, is one of the largest of the wading birds that inhabit the Everglades.