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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanOLDER POST:Dolphin Forward Tailwalk at Dolphin AcademyNEWER POST:Curacao Pilot Whale, Sully the Pilot WhaleJan 3, 10 Comments Off
 Great White Egret Hi friends, this morning while walking the dogs down by the salt ponds near the ocean I found this Giant White Egret standing in this big tall dead tree right below the slave walls. As I was shooting away a couple of folks showed up and we started talking and they said they see this guy almost every year at this time in the same area. This guy has a bunch of names like the Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret. The Great Egret is a large bird with all-white plumage that can reach one meter in height and weigh up to 950 grams (2.1 lb). It is thus only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Heron (A. cinerea). Apart from size, the Great Egret can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet, though the bill may become darker and the lower legs lighter in the breeding season. In breeding plumage, delicate ornamental feathers are borne on the back. Males and females are identical in appearance; juveniles look like non-breeding adults. That’s a quick little Wikipedia learning lesson for us all. I did find out immediately just how scared these birds are of everything, it was so difficult to get close to him and having two curious dogs didn’t help either.
My day went so fast and I still don’t know what I accomplished?? I did clean the bathroom and the spare bedroom for Emily who will be here tomorrow at around 3:30, we can hardly wait!! I went on an hour and a half bike ride thru the desert came home with a very sore back from climbing so many hills. I have seen my baby iguana in the same bush now everyday but like the egret he won’t let me get very close. He lives or hides in this peacock flower bush and if there is no wind he remains completely motionless but the second a gust of wind comes thru and the leaves move he moves with them, he’s very, very clever!! And when he moves thru the foliage you can not find him again he blends in so well!
Hope everyone is fine, I am glad you all enjoyed the dolphin tail-walk photo so much that was again a bit hit, I guess just because it’s so different and something I have never sent to you before! See you tomorrow, Barry
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