Name: Great egret ( Ardea alba ). Description : The great egret is a little over 3 feet tall with a wingspan of almost 5 feet. It has a long, sharp yellow bill, long gray-to-black legs with nonweb… ...

A Great Egret has a yellow bill and black legs. ... On my website, www.birds ofnewengland.com, last week I posted a photo of the legs and feet of a Snowy Egret as part of a bird quiz.

First discovered: The first scientific description of the great egret was written by the famed naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The bird became a target in the 19th century when its long, white ...

One of my favorite summertime birds is the great white egret. This tall bird is so striking and picturesque that its mere presence can transform an entire marsh, where it hunts for food, into a ...

I watched the Great Egret for about 15 minutes and was sure it would eventually succeed. Alas, the bird finally gave up. It dropped the catfish into the water and left it there.

Q: Is it unusual for this great egret to be this far inland, or this far north? I've never seen one in the area before. It let me get within 10 feet or so to take the photos, and it was pecking at and ...

Great White Egret, by Antonio Soto, photographed March 2009, South Florida Antonio Soto When I first saw this striking photo, the winner of the Reader’s Choice award in Smithsonian magazine’s ...

Standing 3 feet tall and flying on a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the great egret rates among the showiest of wading birds. At no time is it more eye-catching than in March and April, when silkenlike ...

While the Du Page County courthouse complex gets its share of rare birds, not all of them are inside the building.At least one great egret, a fish-eating fowl with white plumage that is on the ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- Big white birds have been spotted in wetlands areas throughout Northeast Wisconsin.The great egret is a large bird and its population is considered threatened at the ...