Great Egret Bullying Chick

by DB Hayes

Title

Great Egret Bullying Chick

Artist

DB Hayes

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Photograph - Photography

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WE are proud to write the following highly respected art groups have featured our "Great Egret Bullying Chick" image;

1 - Images That Excite You: 5/09/2017
2 - Created by Southern Artists: 5/09/2017
3 - Poetic Poultry: 5/10/2017
4 - Pictures For Present: 5/10/2017
5 - USA Photographers ONLY: 5/11/2017
6 - Wildlife ONE A DAY: 5/12/2017
7 - Coastal Waterbirds-Shorebirds: 5/12/2017
8 - Your Very Best Photography: 5/15/2017
9 - Wild Birds of the World: 5/30/2017

Deb captured these two great egret chick siblings as you see them while we visited the Alligator Farm located in Saint Augustine, Florida recently with her new Canon 7D Mark II camera paired with her Sigma 150-600mm lens. We decided to title the image as seen above since one appears to be trying to show dominance over the other. It was an interesting show to say the least. Reminded me of growing up with my 2 younger brothers as we were always at each other for one thing or the other. Now for a few interesting facts about this species.

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret or (in the Old World) great white heron, is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world. It builds tree nests in colonies close to water.

Like all egrets, it is a member of the heron family, Ardeidae. Traditionally classified with the storks in the Ciconiiformes, the Ardeidae are closer relatives of pelicans and belong in the Pelecaniformes instead. The great egret—unlike the typical egrets—does not belong to the genus Egretta but together with the great herons is today placed in Ardea. In the past, however, it was sometimes placed in Egretta or separated in a monotypic genus Casmerodius.

The Old World population is often referred to as the great white egret. This species is sometimes confused with the great white heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related great blue heron.

The scientific name comes from Latin ardea "heron", and alba, "white.

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Bill and Deb Hayes

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May 9th, 2017

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