The Great Egret, Ardea alba.
Working it.
And another.
Black toes, yellow bill. White plumes once worth so much the birds were almost slaughtered to extinction.
How Great?
Published July 22, 2017 Fieldnotes 1 CommentTags: birding, birds, Brooklyn, Bush Terminal Park, Staten Island
Lovely, lovely. Isn’t it wonderful how the shift in public opinion and awareness, at least in the US, made it unfashionable to wear these feathers. That is the way.