As a cold air front from the north approaches New England, a blustery 30 mph South wind kicks up the Long Island Sound. Watch egretTV live every afternoon!
A small white heron with a slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet.
This one steps out of the water while feeding on aquatic life in the low-tide mudflat.
Note the yellow feet. Great footage here of how the Snowy Egret rushes about, shuffling feet to stir up food.
Usually they catch and gulp in one quick motion, but the second catch here requires a little positioning work before the gulp.
On the rocky and muddy shore at low-tide 3 immature egrets under Mommas guidance feed on fish.
A tall gray bird may stand 4 feet tall. In flight a folded neck indicates a heron.
On a beautiful late summer, low-tide morning this Great Egret catches breakfast with help from his long neck and beak.
On a beautiful summer morning with incoming tide this Great Egret stands here fishing for 30 minutesand catches nothing.
A road trip to Mainea famous lighthouseartists love to draw the rockssome young Herring GullsMonhegan Island on the horizon...
These 2 egrets are feeding on fish along the low-tide shore. The Great Egret has the yellow bill. The smaller Snowy Egret has the slender black bill.
While searching for food the Great Egret assumes forward-leaning pose with neck extended.
Great size, blue-gray color, white about the head and long plumes mark this heron (sometimes mistaken as a crane).
A bright early summer sun and a strong north wind blow the long plumes of this Great Egret standing on a rock made of the world famous Stony Creek pink granite.