The vegetation seemed so thick in the marshland at Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge that I was surprised that a Great Egret (Ardea alba) was able to spot and catch a fish there last Monday. I have not seen many egrets this year, so I was shocked to see five of them that day.
Great Egrets leave our area and head to warmer locations when the weather begins to turn cooler, while their “cousins,” the Great Blue Herons, stay with us throughout the entire year.
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