[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

This Great Egret was photographed at South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2001)

[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

Great Egrets are the largest of the egrets, and are almost as large as a Great Blue Heron. They occur throughout much of the eastern US, California, and Oregon. This "Landscape with Great Egret" was photographed at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: October 1991)

[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

This Great Egret in flight was photographed at Smith Oaks Sanctuary - HAS, High Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 13, 2006)

[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

This Great Egret in flight was photographed at Smith Oaks Sanctuary - HAS, High Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 13, 2006)

[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

These Great Egret nestlings were photographed at Smith Oaks Sanctuary - HAS, High Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 13, 2006)

[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

This Great Egret in flight was photographed at WBC Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 3, 2009)

[Length 39 in. Wingspan 51 in.]

This Great Egret was photographed at Quivira NWR, Great Bend, Kansas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 12, 2018)

[Length 23.5 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This Little Egret was photographed at a rookery along the roadside, Dafeng, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 12, 2017)