Reddish Egret Images, Facts and Information:
Egretta rufescens
- Reddish Egrets are medium sized wading birds with blue-gray bodies and shaggy rufous heads and necks. Bills are pink with dark tips in breeding plumage. There are also white morph Reddish Egrets.
- Reddish Egrets were nearly driven to extinction in the late 1800’s because they were hunted for their feathers to be used in the millinery trade.
- Reddish Egrets occur along the Gulf Coast, the Pacific Coast and the West Indies.
- Reddish Egrets eat fish and crustaceans.
- Reddish Egrets lay 2 to 7 eggs which hatch in 25 to 26 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of egrets can be called a “heronry”, “wedge”, “congregation” and “skewer” of egrets.
- Reddish Egrets can live to be more than 12 years of age.
I hope you enjoy my Reddish Egret photos.
Dark morph Reddish Egret walking in front of sand dunes
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret walking in front of sand dunes
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 7/5/2009
Dark morph adult Reddish Egret taking a walk on the beach
Title: Dark morph adult Reddish Egret taking a walk on the beach
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 7/5/2009
White morph Reddish Egret under its own “umbrella”
Title: White morph Reddish Egret under its own “umbrella”
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/28/2009
Reddish Egret in flight with clouds in the background
Title: Reddish Egret in flight with clouds in the background
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/14/2009
Dark morph Reddish Egret looking for prey in a tidal lagoon
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret looking for prey in a tidal lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/14/2009
Dark morph Reddish Egret showing Wing-Flicking feeding behavior
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret showing Wing-Flicking feeding behavior
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
White morph Reddish Egret in flight over the Gulf of Mexico
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in flight over the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
White morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage hunting in the Gulf of Mexico
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage hunting in the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Reddish Egret dark morph running after its prey
Title: Reddish Egret dark morph running after its prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Reddish Egret flying after prey
Title: Reddish Egret flying after prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Dark morph Reddish Egret diving towards prey
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret diving towards prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Foraging dark morph Reddish Egret in a shallow lagoon
Title: Foraging dark morph Reddish Egret in a shallow lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Reddish Egret white morph in breeding plumage hunting in the shallows
Title: Reddish Egret white morph in breeding plumage hunting in the shallows
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Hunting dark morph Reddish Egret
Title: Hunting dark morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Hunting white morph Reddish Egret
Title: Hunting white morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Dancing dark morph Reddish Egret
Title: Dancing dark morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
White Morph of Reddish Egret – a Ballet Pose
Title: White Morph of Reddish Egret – a Ballet Pose
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
The Dancer – White Morph of Reddish Egret
Title: The Dancer – White Morph of Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Dancing white morph Reddish Egret
Title: Dancing white morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
White morph Reddish Egret in flight
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009