After seeing my very first ones this week, I now have a ton of egret pics. Funny how it works that way.
Great egret (Ardea alba)
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Here's something you don't see every day -- a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) carrying a turtle it speared with a loud crack. Before you cry for this turtle (I'm talking to you, JW!), the heron put it down and snared a crayfish instead. The turtle is okay, albeit with a small hole in its shell. Tough little guy!
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Unlike that turtle in the previous pic, this crayfish wasn't so lucky.
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
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Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.
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A dragonfly decides that a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a nice place to rest.
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