One Birds & Blooms reader reported a recent sighting ... Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “Although the much larger great egret is fairly common around lakes and rivers in northern ...

You can’t rely on a Great Egret’s plumage to separate it from other egrets, though. Its large size and long, sooty black legs are what sets the heron apart. You can spot this dazzling bird in ...

It forms a living but fragile sanctuary for some 1.5 million birds, such as the white pelican, the purple heron, the African spoonbill, the great egret and the cormorant. Description is available ...