I love egrets.
They are magnificent birds. If you've not had the experience of seeing one glide through the air, you've missed something special.
Egrets are common in many parts of the U.S., but are year-round residents here along the west coast as well as the gulf coast and southeastern seaboard. As wading birds, you'll find them at many waterways grazing in the shallows and mud banks to grab food with their long bills designed to capture prey in quick strikes.
Egrets are among the most regal of birds. Their streamlined bodies, their elegant bearing, their beautiful, languid gracefulness -- egrets are those slowly gliding, white birds you see that make most people notice and say, "Wow! What's that?"
"That" is an egret. Follow me over the fold for more.
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