# Great Egret

[![great egret in flight.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/great-egret-in-flight.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/great-egret-in-flight.jpg)

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### **Description**

The Great Egret is a large white bird with a yellow bill, long neck, and long black legs. Don't confuse this bird with the Snowy Egret which has a black bill, black legs, and yellow feet.

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### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Personal stats**</span>  


#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**First observation**</span>

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#### **Captured media details**

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</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Male**  
</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Female**  
</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Unknown**  
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### **Experiences &amp; anecdotes**

**05/11/2023** - I have fond memories of visiting Playa del Rey in Los Angeles and watching these birds wade through the water.

Recently, when I was visiting the Leon Creek Trailway which runs along the perimeter of Mitchell Lake, I was treated to a bunch of these egrets walking through the reeds. It was here that I heard them vocalize for the first time.

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### **Captured media**

#### **Photographs**

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**[![great egret with pretty feathers.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/great-egret-with-pretty-feathers.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/great-egret-with-pretty-feathers.jpg)**</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel--1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">The fancy feathers of the Great Egret</span>*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);"> | 01/18/2014</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">[![great egret at top of tree.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/great-egret-at-top-of-tree.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/great-egret-at-top-of-tree.jpg)</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-a-poofed-up-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 29px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*This egret pokes its head out of the tree canopy* | 07/11/2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*[![great egret standing in water.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/great-egret-standing-in-water.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/great-egret-standing-in-water.jpg)*</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-the-american-kestrel-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*A Great Egret wading in the water* | 11/10/2013</td></tr></tbody></table>

[![close up of great egret head.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/close-up-of-great-egret-head.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/close-up-of-great-egret-head.jpg)

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#### **Audio recordings**

- [**ML517883561**](https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/517883561) - 0:25 
    - Listen to the croaking calls of the Great Egret. Notice the visible "bug band" in the spectrogram which is a result of the insect noise pollution in the recording.

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="378" src="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/517883561/embed" width="320"></iframe>

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### **From my blogs**

- [Birding at the LA River](https://becausebirds.com/birding-at-the-la-river/)
- [Volunteering at International Bird Rescue](https://becausebirds.com/volunteering-international-bird-rescue/)
- [Birding in the New Orleans Bayou](https://becausebirds.com/birding-in-the-new-orleans-bayou/)
- [Birds you’ll see birding in the Corpus Christi marina](https://becausebirds.com/birding-in-the-corpus-christi-marina/)
- [A rare visitor at South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center](https://becausebirds.com/a-rare-visitor-at-south-padre-island-birding-and-nature-center/)