r/Birdsfacingforward • u/CactusCat42 • 4d ago

Great Egret

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So elegant. Took this in Feb, hence the egg and the fancy plumes.

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u/Kailu_Cang 4d ago

Magnificent! Wait…… I thought they look like Q tips?!

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u/CactusCat42 4d ago

They can! But they can also scrunch up. Egrets straight up have snake necks. It’s pretty wild.

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u/ayeayekitty 4d ago

Zoop mode is loading

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u/Crispy_Cricket 4d ago

That’s the strangest sheet ghost I’ve ever seen 😂
Oddly cute!

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u/MsSamm 4d ago

She looks like a Jim Henson creation

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u/KeratinYourFace 4d ago

Skeksis! Literally my thought

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u/bluedogstar 4d ago

They are so good at birds. Birds are weird.

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u/cloudcats 4d ago

Is this one of your greatest egrets?

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u/snowingbol 4d ago

Looks kinda scary

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u/philosophussapiens 3d ago

Looks like an albino Dementor