In the spotlight of the shallows, the reddish egret makes its entrance. This one in all white plumes and swagger. The beach is its stage, the fish its audience, and the sunlight a golden floodlight. With wings outstretched like velvet curtains, it glides, spins, and pirouettes across the water’s surface. Every leap is a drumbeat, every wing shadow a whispered note. It crouches low with a dramatic pause before exploding into a grand jeté that would make Broadway jealous. The egret lunges, bill sl

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Reddish Egret, our Bird of the Week, dances for its dinner! The species benefits from our Gulf Coast program's efforts to "bring back the birds." https://abcbirds.org/bird/reddish-egret/ | American Bird Conservancy