Great Egret in Bald Head Island

In 2007 late June, Ed and Carol invited us to the beautiful Bald Head Island off Wilmington in North Carolina. We went to the Bald Head several times over the past 10 years. This time, we had a Nikon D70 SLR. The result of that combination is amazing. We took hundreds of pictures.

We spotted a big bird by a creek right next to the golf course. After looking over a North American Bird Dictionary, we think it is Great Egret. Great While Heron and Great Egret are very similar to each other. This one has black legs and therefore it is Great Egret. Great White Heron is bigger and greenish-yellow legs. This Great Egret was standing in the water watching for fish or frogs as its principal food.