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Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.
Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.
seen from Switzerland
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Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.
Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.
Green Heron - Butorides virescens (adult)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) on the left. Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.
Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.
On the hunt for some fish. I love watching them get all low and slowly stalk through the water.
Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.
Their ass is NOT Nosferatu 😭
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, England
photograph by Clare Murphy
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), courtship display, family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, FL, USA
L - normal morph, R - white morph
photograph by Wanda Phillips Nichols
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.
These heron's are soooo beautiful. It's always such a treat to see them, I haven't seen any in a few years.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. June 2021.