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Great Egret A beautiful great egret (Ardea alba) came flying by my lens on this gorgeous winterday at Meinerswijk (Arnhem).   Ardea alba,Geotagged,The Netherlands,great egret Click/tap to enlarge

Great Egret

A beautiful great egret (Ardea alba) came flying by my lens on this gorgeous winterday at Meinerswijk (Arnhem).

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  1. Thanks for the identification, Kurt! Posted 13 years ago

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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 Kurt Peeters
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By Kurt Peeters

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Uploaded Jan 29, 2012. Captured Jan 27, 2012 10:46 in Meginhardweg 33-55, 6841 Arnhem, The Netherlands.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO400
  • 400mm