A summer wetland landscape scene is only complete if a great egret is standing on the edge of the water. Its bright white plumage and elegant S-curved neck belie its loud croaking call. More than a ...

A great egret lifts off from a branch at Schwan Lake in Live Oak. Great egrets are among 37 bird species seen at the site this month according to community reporting on ebird.org. While we find both ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A great egret caught in a fishing line in Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach would have been left helpless if not for two good Samaritans. It was another day of enjoying Stumpy ...

Steve Daniel captured a great egret on camera with its wings spread open at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach. The egret “looks as if it might be conducting an avian choir or orchestra,” Daniel wrote.