great egret
noun
: a large white heron (Ardea alba synonym Casmerodius albus) with a yellow bill and black legs and feet that occurs in New and Old World temperate and tropical regions
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Additionally, the American white ibis and great egret are common and especially numerous during the breeding season.
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David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
Speeding across the lake with the throttle pushed to the max proved exhilarating, but entering the Dora Canal provided a serene, shady respite from the open sun with towering cypress trees and plenty of birds to spot — including a limpkin, great blue herons, anhingas, great egrets and more.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
The National Audubon Society helped save them, using the great egret as its logo.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
In the late 1800s, great egrets were hunted nearly to extinction because their plumes were prized for ladies’ hats.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Two surf scoters at the Quabbin Reservoir, a solitary sandpiper at the Dufresne Park in Granby, a great egret at Lake Wallace in Belchertown, seven sandhill cranes in Worthington, and a pectoral sandpiper on Meadow Street in Amherst.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
Martha’s Vineyard: A Townsend’s solitaire in the vicinity of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest headquarters, a great egret at Eel Pond in Edgartown, an American oystercatcher at Joseph Sylvia State Beach, and three common ravens at the Wasque Point Wildlife Management Area.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
Other sightings around the Cape included a blue-winged teal and 5 Northern pintail in Marstons Mills, a glaucous gull at Corporation Beach in Dennis, a great egret in West Dennis, 2 snowy egrets in Yarmouth, and a short-eared owl in Eastham.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
There was an eastern bluebird bright as the summer sky, a palm warbler with a jaunty chestnut-brown cap, and a snow-white great egret standing 3 feet tall.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
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David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
Speeding across the lake with the throttle pushed to the max proved exhilarating, but entering the Dora Canal provided a serene, shady respite from the open sun with towering cypress trees and plenty of birds to spot — including a limpkin, great blue herons, anhingas, great egrets and more.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
The National Audubon Society helped save them, using the great egret as its logo.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
In the late 1800s, great egrets were hunted nearly to extinction because their plumes were prized for ladies’ hats.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Two surf scoters at the Quabbin Reservoir, a solitary sandpiper at the Dufresne Park in Granby, a great egret at Lake Wallace in Belchertown, seven sandhill cranes in Worthington, and a pectoral sandpiper on Meadow Street in Amherst.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
Martha’s Vineyard: A Townsend’s solitaire in the vicinity of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest headquarters, a great egret at Eel Pond in Edgartown, an American oystercatcher at Joseph Sylvia State Beach, and three common ravens at the Wasque Point Wildlife Management Area.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
Other sightings around the Cape included a blue-winged teal and 5 Northern pintail in Marstons Mills, a glaucous gull at Corporation Beach in Dennis, a great egret in West Dennis, 2 snowy egrets in Yarmouth, and a short-eared owl in Eastham.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
There was an eastern bluebird bright as the summer sky, a palm warbler with a jaunty chestnut-brown cap, and a snow-white great egret standing 3 feet tall.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
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