Reddish Egret in White Morph

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They are born white and stay white.

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I thought it was a Great or Snowny Egret until she started acting like a Reddish Egret, wings outstretched to shadow the prey as she ran around the swamp.

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My camouflage clothing must have worked because as I was photographing the White Morph, this Reddish Egret flew right in strutting his stuff.

 

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He followed her in hot pursuit, flying after her into the horizon. Who can blame him because she was a beauty.

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Horseshoe Crabs

 

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