Stock Photo - Great Egret Casmerodius albus - In flight - Louisiana - USA - Distinguished from most other white herons by large size L39´ W51´ - Common in marshes-mangroves swamps-mud flats - Partial to open habitats for feeding - stalks prey slowly and methodically - Population was greatly reduced by plume hunters at the turn of the century - now mostly recovered and is still expanding in some part of range - Formerly called Common Egret and American Egret.

Stock Photo: Great Egret Casmerodius albus - In flight - Louisiana - USA - Distinguished from most other white herons by large size  L39' W51' - Common in marshes-mangroves.

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