Some major egret on the Charles

By adamg on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 1:04pm

Yesterday afternoon, an egret waded along the shallows on the Cutler Park side of the Charles in Dedham for awhile, before a duck got it riled and it began flapping its wings and tried to make the duck go away and then it walked onto a sandbar in the low river before flying the final 30 feet or so to the Millennium Park side of the river in West Roxbury.

Earlier:
Egrets, she's seen a few.

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It did it ...

By jmeltzer on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 1:37pm.

its way.

That is a fine photo of a

By Vicki on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 3:32pm.

That is a fine photo of a fine bird.

Thanks for this

By Gerry on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 10:18pm.

I saw it with my kids today and thought it was some kind of white heron. Beautiful bird.

You weren't wrong

By adamg on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 10:40pm.

Turns out an egret is a type of heron (I found out while researching egrets). There are several kinds of herons - including great blue herons, which look similar to egrets, only, well, bluer, and with a black racing stripe, and black-crowned night herons, which lost out in the long-leg department.

All three have made appearances at Millennium Park.