Texas Egrets
Ardea alba
Great Egrets are birds with worldwide distribution. Depending on where encountered, they are known as the Great White Egret, Common Egret, White Heron, or in past times, the Great White Heron, however now this last example is used to describe the white morph of the Great Blue Heron.
Great Egrets are winter birds on the coastal regions within about 100 miles of the Pacific from Washington south through the Mexican border, and year-round residents at coastal wetlands and river valleys. Year-round these birds live in the lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast USA. Summers will find a few birds migrating inland as far as the upper Mississippi Valley and parts of the Great Basin.
I restricted this gallery to the birds I met on my Texas expedition this spring (2020). To see the images I’ve collected at other locations, visit the <Species Gallery>.
12 Photos
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I watched this Great Egret foraging in Bahia Grande on my second to last day in Brownsville Texas. I spent the morning along the road to Port Isabel looking in vain for Least Grebes. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:06 11:46 |
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Location:
Bahia Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503615-Bahia-Grande-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I watched this Great Egret foraging in Bahia Grande on my second to last day in Brownsville Texas. I spent the morning along the road to Port Isabel looking in vain for Least Grebes. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:06 11:46 |
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Location:
Bahia Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503604-Bahia-Grande-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I watched this Great Egret foraging in Bahia Grande on my second to last day in Brownsville Texas. I spent the morning along the road to Port Isabel looking in vain for Least Grebes. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:06 11:45 |
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Location:
Bahia Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503584-Bahia-Grande-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I watched this Great Egret foraging in Bahia Grande on my second to last day in Brownsville Texas. I spent the morning along the road to Port Isabel looking in vain for Least Grebes. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:06 11:44 |
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Location:
Bahia Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503565-Bahia-Grande-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand and found birds like this egret on the roadside. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 11:03 |
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Location:
Highway-48 |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D501867-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: These big birds are serious about nesting. My second day at Aransas NWR Monday lasted only a half day, so I drove south to Rockport where I planned to board a boat (the Skimmer) on Tuesday to see a whole new side of the reserve. In exploring the town I saw the ever-present Laughing Gulls perched on a fenceline. After stopping to attempt photographs, I noticed I'd stumbled onto the Rockport Rookery, an 8+ acre site the city purchased from the Beasley family. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 16:38 |
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Location:
Fulton (Texas) |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503108-Rockport-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: These big birds are serious about nesting. My second day at Aransas NWR Monday lasted only a half day, so I drove south to Rockport where I planned to board a boat (the Skimmer) on Tuesday to see a whole new side of the reserve. In exploring the town I saw the ever-present Laughing Gulls perched on a fenceline. After stopping to attempt photographs, I noticed I'd stumbled onto the Rockport Rookery, an 8+ acre site the city purchased from the Beasley family. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 16:37 |
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Location:
Fulton (Texas) |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503082-Rockport-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: These big birds are serious about nesting. My second day at Aransas NWR Monday lasted only a half day, so I drove south to Rockport where I planned to board a boat (the Skimmer) on Tuesday to see a whole new side of the reserve. In exploring the town I saw the ever-present Laughing Gulls perched on a fenceline. After stopping to attempt photographs, I noticed I'd stumbled onto the Rockport Rookery, an 8+ acre site the city purchased from the Beasley family. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 16:27 |
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Location:
Fulton (Texas) |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503030-Rockport-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: These big birds are serious about nesting. My second day at Aransas NWR Monday lasted only a half day, so I drove south to Rockport where I planned to board a boat (the Skimmer) on Tuesday to see a whole new side of the reserve. In exploring the town I saw the ever-present Laughing Gulls perched on a fenceline. After stopping to attempt photographs, I noticed I'd stumbled onto the Rockport Rookery, an 8+ acre site the city purchased from the Beasley family. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 16:23 |
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Location:
Fulton (Texas) |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D503027-Rockport-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I met this Great Egret foaraging for its breakfast. It moved on looking for better food (I guess). My second day at Aransas NWR on Monday, was only a half day, mostly spent at Heron Flats. The cranes that eluded me on Sunday gave themselves to me on this morning, as did some other nice birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 10:23 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D502277-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I met this Great Egret foraging for its breakfast. My second day at Aransas NWR on Monday, was only a half day, mostly spent at Heron Flats. The cranes that eluded me on Sunday gave themselves to me on this morning, as did some other nice birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 10:21 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D502251-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: I met this Great Egret foaraging for its breakfast. My second day at Aransas NWR on Monday, was only a half day, mostly spent at Heron Flats. The cranes that eluded me on Sunday gave themselves to me on this morning, as did some other nice birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:16 10:21 |
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Location:
Aransas NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D502241-Aransas-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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