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Great Egret or Ardea alba <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/156205/great_egret_or_ardea_alba.html" title="Great Egret or Ardea alba"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/5803/156205_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=hg1kbn%2B0trFiU1zEJr4LtcMj%2BCg%3D" width="150" height="152" alt="Great Egret or Ardea alba  Ardea alba,Fall,Geotagged,Great egret,United States" /></a></figure><br />
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Distinguished from the Snowy Egret by the orange bill and black feet<br />
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Has distinctive yellow feet and a black bill.<br />
This is also the only all-white Egret species in Arizona Egretta thula,Fall,Geotagged,Snowy Egret,United States" /></a></figure><br />
Snowy Egret Ardea alba,Fall,Geotagged,Great egret,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Great Egret or Ardea alba

Great Egret or Ardea alba  Ardea alba,Fall,Geotagged,Great egret,United States


Distinguished from the Snowy Egret by the orange bill and black feet
Snowy Egret or Egretta thula https://www.jungledragon.com/image/156139/snowy_egret_or_egretta_thula.html<br />
Has distinctive yellow feet and a black bill.<br />
This is also the only all-white Egret species in Arizona Egretta thula,Fall,Geotagged,Snowy Egret,United States

Snowy Egret

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The great egret also known as common egret, large egret or great white heron, is a large, widely distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics.

Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by William Bodine
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By William Bodine

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Uploaded Dec 18, 2023. Captured Dec 16, 2023 08:39 in Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, 2757 E Guadalupe Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234, USA.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/332s
  • ISO250
  • 546mm