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 ...

By ITSIK MAROM DECEMBER 22, 2019 11:15 Like a ballet dancer dressed in white, with slim legs and a long graceful neck, the great egret performs on its natural stage. The egret is never far from ...

This shot of a great egret, taken by Neil Jernigan, is the grand prize winner in the 2014 Wildlife in North Carolina photo contest. ... If this isn’t on display, you can ask to see it.

Jim McCormac wrote in his guidebook Birds of Ohio that a nesting great white egret was found in the state for the first time in 1940. Now they are common visitors to central Ohio, ...