It is common to see the great egret feeding along the edge of Reelfoot Lake, or in nearby seasonally flooded land, between March and October. Their beauty and stately manner continue to fascinate me. These photos were taken at various times over the past year.
“If you are always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you’re in? ~Zig Ziglar
walking on a country road 
Excellent photos. We get snowy egrets.
Thanks Timothy! The snowy egret is listed as a common breeding bird in West Tennessee, but I can’t say that I’ve seen any myself this year.
Lovely scenery great capture
Thank you!
Amazing and majestic birds.
I especially like to watch when they are intently fishing. Their patience and skill is impressive.
Beautiful! Reelfoot is my favorite place too for bird watching. Thanks for sharing these! I’m also a native of West Tennessee and continue to be amazed at the beauty all around us! I had to go away to appreciate how fortunate we are but I’m glad to get back.
Reelfoot is a beautiful place! Every time we visit, we see something different and each season is special in its own way. I’m glad you were able to return to the area. 🙂
Was there today but it was so cold and rainy we didn’t see much!
Super photo – we get a white Egret in the Estuary here in Somerset and it is always a pleasure to see it on our walk
Thanks Neal! They add beauty to any scenery.
Love your Great Egret images. I always appreciate the Walking On A Country Road images. Keep up the good work!
The great egrets in your photos look so regal and the photo of the group of them is really a sight to behold. Wish I could have seen that. Recently, at the Detroit Audubon site I follow on Facebook, a photographer captured a video of a group of great egrets … first time I ever saw anything like that and now your photo.
We saw this colony on some farm land near the Mississippi River. I thought it was funny that they were all crowded into this drying up puddle of water on farm land when there was a whole lake not many yards away. I guess they know where the most abundant food source is located. 🙂 It is always fun to see a group of them together.
That is funny – they probably scope it out and a quiet place with no predators, or even boaters like at larger bodies of water to bother them. A fellow blogger lives in Iowa and she takes lots of photos of white pelicans that go to a river near her. She was lucky enough to go one morning, when she thought they had all migrated, and they were in a very shallow area of the water, all together diving for fish. She took pictures and the next day went back, all ready for more pictures – not a single one. They seized that opportunity for a feast and moved on to continue their migration plan.
Beautiful collection !!
Thanks!
great shots Rebecca! We never see these birds up our way. They like warmer climes I guess?
They are only here for part of the year then move to a warmer climate.
Sun birds to be sure!