Ruffled Feathers is a photograph by Jennie Breeze which was uploaded on July 13th, 2013.
Ruffled Feathers
Great WhiteEgret(Ardea alba)is known as Common Egret, Large Egret or Great White Heron. They fly slowly with its neck retracted but powerfully: with... more
Title
Ruffled Feathers
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_1504
Description
Great WhiteEgret(Ardea alba)is known as Common Egret, Large Egret or Great White Heron. They fly slowly with its neck retracted but powerfully: with just two wingbeats per second their cruising speed is around 25 miles an hour. The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society. Audubon was founded to protect birds from being killed for their feathers. The elegant Great Egret is a dazzling sight in many a North American wetland. Slightly smaller and more svelte than a Great Blue Heron, these are still large birds with impressive wingspans. They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill. Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds. Great Egrets live in freshwater, brackish, and marine wetlands. During the breeding season they live in colonies in trees or shrubs with other waterbirds. The colonies are located on lakes, ponds, marshes, estuaries, impoundments, and islands. They hunt in marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, impoundments, lagoons, tidal flats, canals, ditches, fish-rearing ponds, flooded farm fields, and sometimes upland habitats. Standing up to 3.3 ft. tall, this species can measure 31 to 41 in. in length and have a wingspan of 52 to 67 in. Body mass can range from 700 to 1.5 to 3.3 lbs., with an average of around 2.2 lbs.
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July 13th, 2013
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Comments (5)
Corinne Johnston
It' s beautiful! Perfect moment! Enjoying it :-)
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Darren! Always a pleasure and honor to be featured in your 3 A DAY WAITING ROOM group homepage.
Patricia Dennis
Super timing & capture!
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Patricia! It felt like he stopped in mid air, posed and looked back at me. Loved it!
Nadine and Bob Johnston
.... Like the subject, technique, composition, and color... Today it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... Anyone can Just Highlight this link ---- http://bit.ly/RVPlpf - Use Ctl-C to copy and Ctl-V ---- to put it into the Browser Address, to view the publication. You can then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you feel would be interested. Happy Promoting! :-)
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thank you, Nadine and Bob! Greatly appreciate being featured in your Internet publication ARTIST NEWS.
Jennie Breeze
Thanks Ruth! Featuring my photograph in your EGRET 2-DAY group homepage is greatly appreciated.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thank you for featuring my Ruffled Feathers in your BIRDS OF THE WORLD group homepage.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Ella! Always appreciate being featured in your BEAUTY CAPTURED group homepage.