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Egrets & Herons 58 images Created 2 Apr 2012

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  • A great blue heron silhouette with a fiery, extraordinary and spectacular sunset over Pensacola Bay, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron Silhouette 2
  • A pair of baby Great Egrets standing on a branch with their nest deep in a Florida swamp.
    Baby Great Egrets with Nest
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • The very rare and reclusive reddish egret at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island - internationally known as one of the best birding sights for seabirds.
    Reddish Egret
  • A stunning male cattle egret in full breeding plumage ruffles its feathers on the water's edge in Carrabelle, Florida.
    Cattle Egret in Breeding Plumage
  • Little blue heron catching a pig frog during a rainstorm in the Corkscrew Swamp in Collier County, Florida. Just perfect timing!
    Little Blue Heron
  • Sunlight reflected off the water illuminates a beautiful snowy egret as it congregates with other snowy egrets in the mangroves of Sanibel Island in Southwest Florida during breeding season.
    Snowy Egret
  • A close-up of a snowy egret in Punta Rassa, Florida. This little shorebird had to be gradually crept up upon to get this shot. Eventually, it was so close that was literally inches from my leg, making my zoom lens useless!
    Snowy Egret
  • Great egret silhouette in Homosassa Springs, Citrus County, Fl.
    Great Egret
  • A stunningly beautiful tricolored heron searches for frogs and small fish on the edge of a "gator pond" in the Big Cypress National Preserve in Southern Florida.
    Tricolored Heron in Breeding Plumage
  • A blue heron huddles for warmth on a cold winter day by the Grand Lagoon in Panama City, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A beautiful reddish egret drawing small fish to the "safety" of the shadow it creates by spreading its wings to get a meal.
    Reddish Egret
  • A pair of baby Great Egrets standing on a branch with their nest deep in a Florida swamp.
    Great White Egret Chicks
  • Already becoming a skilled hunter - this juvenile green heron easily catches a blue dasher dragonfly.
    Juvenile Green Heron with Dragonfly
  • Glowing sunlight in the salt marshes and a great white egret is already on the hunt in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on Florida's Gulf Coast.
    Great Egret in the Morning Dew
  • Great blue heron close-up in the Florida Everglades. These huge wading birds ore often found at the water's edge hunting frogs and fish.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A young great blue heron just beginning to get its adult coloration in the Sweetwater Strand in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Juvenile Great Blue Heron
  • A juvenile yellow-crowned night-heron close-up as it hunts for crabs and fish on the mangrove backwaters on SW Florida's Sanibel Island.
    Juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
  • Close-up profile of the great egret in Homosassa Springs in Citrus County, Florida. This is a great place for viewing a huge variety of wildlife!
    Great Egret
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Bristling its winter-breeding plumage, this small heron known as the little blue heron wades in the shallows of a salty estuary on Sanibel Island.
    Little Blue Heron
  • Tricolored heron hunting crabs and small fish at J.N."Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
    Tricolored Heron
  • The skittish and shy green heron at the water's surface keeping an eye on minnows in the Sweetwater Strand, Monroe County, Florida.
    Green Heron
  • Yellow crowned night heron hunting fiddler crabs on Sanibel Island, Florida.
    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
  • The very shy and skittish yellow-crowned night heron seen here among the mangroves on Sanibel Island.
    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
  • Close-up of a yellow-crowned night heron A very noisy bird, but one of the most beautiful of our native herons.
    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
  • A juvenile green heron blends in perfectly against the cypress knees at the edge of a Florida lake.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • The rare reddish egret standing on a branch in a backwater estuary on Sanibel Island.
    Reddish Egret
  • A young hunting green heron remains motionless while looking for small fish and insects.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Snowy egret hunting for small crabs and fish in the surf on Sanibel Island.
    Snowy Egret
  • Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) close-up in the Florida Everglades.
    Little Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron close-up shot with tongue sticking out in the Florida Everglades. Who knew herons had such long tongues?
    Great Blue Heron
  • Portrait of a  blue heron in Panama City, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron portrait in the Florida Everglades.
    Great Blue Heron
  • The beautiful and multi-hued green heron in the Florida Everglades National Park.
    Green Heron
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • A juvenile yellow-crowned night-heron close-up as it hunts for crabs and fish on the mangrove backwaters on SW Florida's Sanibel Island.
    Juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
  • Great blue heron with crest in the Florida Everglades.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron on the lookout in the Florida Everglades.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron in breeding plumage photographed on Merritt Island near the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A fuzzy-headed juvenile green heron on the edge of a Tallahassee, Florida lake.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • Tricolored heron photographed in Punta Rassa, Florida. It was a long wait for it to turn sideways into the sunlight. Frustrating shot!
    Tricolored Heron
  • A great blue heron silhouette with a fiery, extraordinary and spectacular sunset over Pensacola Bay, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron Silhouette 1
  • Little blue heron stalking minnows in a pond in Tallahassee, Florida.
    Little Blue Heron
  • This secretive member of the heron family blends in with its environment so well that it is usually overlooked.
    American Bittern
  • A tri-colored heron stalking its prey in the Florida Everglades.
    Tricolored Heron
  • A great egret stands on the edge of a brackish pond at dawn on a chilly winter morning in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
    Great Egret
  • A great blue heron at dawn looking over the salt marshes of the St. Marks National Wildlife refuge in North Florida ona cold winter morning.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A fuzzy-headed juvenile green heron at the edge of a lake in Central Tallahassee, Florida.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • Green heron at the water's edge on Lake Ella in Tallahassee, Fl.
    Green Heron
  • A beautiful snowy egret prowls the surf during the golden hour of a South Lido Beach, Florida late afternoon.
    Snowy Egret
  • A juvenile black-crowned night heron practices to hunt for prey in a tree overhanging a pond in the Big Cypress National Preserve in SW Florida.
    Juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • A juvenile black-crowned night heron practices to hunt for prey in a tree overhanging the Sweetwater Strand in the Big Cypress National Preserve in SW Florida.
    Juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • A lone snowy egret hunts the brackish pools among the mangroves in a tidal pond on Sanibel Island, Florida.
    Snowy Egret
  • A blue heron huddles for warmth on a cold winter day by the Grand Lagoon in Panama City, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • A reddish egret hunts for fish and crustaceans on Bunche Beach in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Reddish Egret