Great Egret in Flight
by Dawn Currie
Title
Great Egret in Flight
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Elegant Great Egrets soaring across the wetlands at TM Goodwin Waterfowl Management area near Fellsmere, Florida.
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They are a large elegant white bird with impressive wingspans. Great Egrets (Ardea alba) fly slowly but powerfully: with just two wing beats per second their cruising speed is around 25 miles an hour.
The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society, one of the oldest environmental organizations in North America. Audubon was founded to protect birds from being killed for their feathers. Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds.
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April 12th, 2016
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