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@hashibuto.bsky.social

#コサギ #サギ #鳥 #野鳥
#LittleEgret #Egret #Heron #Bird #Wildbird

October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM Everybody can reply

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mknb

@mknb.bsky.social

Gleaming even in the darkness.
暗闇の中で輝く

#LittleEgret #コサギ
#birds #photography

October 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Bob Davis Art 😐 🏳️‍🌈 🌵 🚲 🚶

@bobdavisart.bsky.social

Our Little Egret is back this morning. Soon after this a coyote stopped by and the Egret and a bunch of crows harassed it til it ran away.

#egret #heron #birds #littleegret #sfbayarea

Little Egret walking carefully along the stones looking for prey in the shallows. It did not find any along this part of the shore :(

October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM Everybody can reply

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Rigolocations

@rigolocations.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay : les aigrettes. Ici une aigrette garzette en train de montrer ses belles gambettes.
#Photography #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #EgrettaGarzetta #LittleEgret #UnJourUnePhoto #CoteDAzur

Au bord d'un étang, une aigrette garzette est en train de marcher en équilibre sur une branche d'un arbre mort couché sur la berge. Elle a les ailes semi déployées, on voit bien ses pieds jaunes qui contrastent avec le noir de ses jambes. L'arbre mort est couvert d'algues aux endroits où l'eau de l'étang le submergeait quelques temps auparavant. Derrière l'oiseau, des herbes vertes recouvrent un terrain en pente. on voit un buisson sec et la souche de l'arbre mort un peu plus haut. L'oiseau est éclairé dans le dos par une lumière rasante de fin d'après midi.

October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM Everybody can reply

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DeHortOp

@dehortop.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is about #Egrets

#GreatEgret
#LittleEgret
#CattleEgret

Have a nice day everyone 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

October 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM Everybody can reply

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Atlantic Birding

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay is #Egrets (alternative #GreatTit)
- Cattle Egret
- Cattle Egret headshot
- Little Egret
- Little Egret in flight

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #irishbirding #birdphotography #naturetherapy #cattleegret #littleegret

A Cattle Egret head shot, background is out of focus ground and vegetation

A Little Egret in flight from right to left against a grey sky

October 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Shae

@ballycastle.bsky.social

Spotted this Little Egret working the shallows - calm, focused, and completely unfazed by the world around it.

Canon R1 • RF 100–500mm
#LittleEgret #WildlifePhotography #birds #CanonR1 #EsheryPhotography #NatureInFocus

October 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM Everybody can reply

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Jill Orme

@ormejks.bsky.social

A Little Egret in flight at NT Charlecote.
#birds #flight #heron #LittleEgret #EgrettaGarzetta #Charlecote #NationalTrust #NTCharlecote #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶

October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM Everybody can reply

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Dave P

@davepurdy10.bsky.social

Running Egret

Captured using a Panasonic TZ70 (ISO200, 108mm, f6.1, 1/100s)and edited in ON1Photoraw 26

#photography #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephographt #littleegret

October 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM Everybody can reply

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Atlantic Birding

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 For #WaderWednesday; a Little Egret hunting along the shore last week

#birds #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #BirdLife #LittleEgret #Egret #naturetherapy

October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM Everybody can reply

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Claire Laila Dines

@freedomtodoubt.bsky.social

Many hunters along #UndercliffPath east of #Brighton at low tide today which is a good sign that even this part of #underwaterSussex is beginning to thrive again after the #TrawlerBan just 4 years ago. Without good "pickings" 8 #LittleEgret, 1 #GreyHeron & 2 #GreySeal would not be there!

October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM Everybody can reply

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Wendy

@wildsnwags.bsky.social

Coming in hot and lowering the landing gear! This Little Egret is all business as it preps for touchdown, with those gloriously huge, bright yellow feet leading the way. A perfect, if slightly clumsy, arrival.

#birds #littleegret #azores #wildlife #nature #animals #shorebirds #bigfeet #photography

A white Little Egret is captured mid-air as it comes in for a landing, with its large, bright yellow feet extended forward like landing gear.

October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Rigolocations

@rigolocations.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay : des oiseaux au long cou #LongNecks
Cette aigrette garzette en plein étirement peut certainement y concourir ^^
#Photography #Nature #BirdPhotography #EgrettaGarzetta #LittleEgret #UnJourUnePhoto

Une aigrette garzette en train de pêcher dans une eau bleue un peu blanchâtre parsemée de salicornes sèches. Elle arbore deux longues plumes dressées sur le dessus de sa tête.

October 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Wendy

@wildsnwags.bsky.social

This Little Egret desperately wants dry feet, but with those gloriously huge, bright yellow stompers, finding a stable, dry spot on the volcanic rocks is proving to be a bit of an awkward challenge.

We appreciate the effort, little buddy!

#birds #littleegret #bigfeet #nature #wildlife #animals

A Little Egret stands awkwardly on a small, dark rock in water, its large, bright yellow feet struggling to find a dry, stable perch.

October 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Pete J

@petedjohnson.bsky.social

The #LittleEgret has returned to its wintering place by the bridge across the brook.

A little Egret sat on the branch of a tree in Autumn in Ross-on-Wye UK

October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM Everybody can reply

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PhotographicRuss

@rus5.bsky.social

#birds #egret #littleegret #successstory
Little Egrets, now common around the coasts and inland waterways of the UK a success story from the last 20 years.
I've been trying, unsuccessfully for some time to get this kind of spread wing image. It all came together today so very pleased.

A Little Egret head to right comes i to land on a lagoon of blue with it's reflection highlighted below.

Centre stage a Little Egret, wings spread above it's reflection in the blue waters of a lagoon.

October 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM Everybody can reply

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Wendy

@wildsnwags.bsky.social

"Visualize the fish, Terry. Be the fish. No, wait, catch the fish. Focus, Terry. You are not a fish."

This Little Egret's morning self-help session is a work in progress.

#Birds #Wildlife #nature #photography #animals #littleegret #azores

A Little Egret looks at its reflection, engaged in a humorous and slightly confused self-help session about catching fish.

October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM Everybody can reply

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Wendy

@wildsnwags.bsky.social

For those wondering: yes, that tiny fish is the main course. Little Egrets specialize in small-plate dining. Their diet is a variety of tiny fish, insects, and crustaceans.

Think of them as living on a perpetual tapas diet. A very refined and snack-driven lifestyle.

#birds #wildlife #littleegret

A Little Egret enjoys a "small plate" meal, holding a tiny fish in its beak, illustrating its tapas-like diet.

October 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM Everybody can reply

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Michael Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mihangel ap Ifans

@michaelcymro.bsky.social

Ymweld â rhai o'n cymdogion newydd.
Visiting some of our new neighbours.
#CrëyrBach #LittleEgret #Caerdydd

October 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM Everybody can reply

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Rigolocations

@rigolocations.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay du jour : un oiseau en train de marcher #Walks
L’occasion de sortir cette photo de décembre dernier qui fait partie de mes préférées, cette aigrette avait clairement de grands projets!
#Photography #Birds #BirdPhotography #EgrettaGarzetta #LittleEgret #UnJourUnePhoto #Nature #CoteDAzur

Au premier plan : deux aigrettes garzette (petit échassier tout blanc au bec et aux pattes noires) en train de marcher dans une eau miroitante. La plus à gauche des deux fait de grandes enjambées, le cou tendu, on dirait qu’elle est très pressée, tandis que l’autre parait plus calme. Derrière elles, on voit la tête d’un cormoran flou dépasser de l’eau. L’eau de l’étang a un aspect huileux et métallique, on dirait du mercure aux reflets bleus, verts et orangés. Une lumière douce éclaire partiellement les aigrettes.

October 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM Everybody can reply

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Claire Laila Dines

@freedomtodoubt.bsky.social

Walked #Undercliffpath from #Brighton to #Saltdean this afternoon to check if the young seals were still hanging out on the lower shore ..
but all gone for now ..
still the usual suspects were still there which was nice 😊
#LittleEgret #GreatBlack-backedGull #GreyHeron #Rockpipit #birds

October 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM Everybody can reply

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monicapelger.bsky.social

@monicapelger.bsky.social

Rob’s choices for #BirdOfTheDay is any bird with the main colour being white. My picks are the #EurasianSpoonbill, the #LittleEgret, the #MuteSwan and the #WhiteStork. 🪶
I’m babysitting a pre-teen all day, so only popping in for a moment. Have a great day!