Mother and Child

by Dawn Currie

Title

Mother and Child

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie - Elegant close-up of a mother and child Great Egret sharing a moment n the rookery over the breading swamp at Gatorland, Orlando.

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The elegant Great Egret (Ardea alba) is a dazzling sigh. They are a large elegant white bird with impressive wingspans. They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill. 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.

The male builds a nest platform from long sticks and twigs before pairing up with a female, and then both members of the pair may collaborate to complete the nest, though the male sometimes finishes it himself. The nest is up to 3 feet across and 1 foot deep. It is lined with pliable plant material that dries to form a cup structure. They don't typically reuse nests from year to year. The nest itself is up to 100 feet off the ground, often over water, usually in or near the top of a shrub or tree. Not all young that hatch survive the nestling period. Aggression among nestlings is common.

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April 19th, 2016

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