One Birds & Blooms reader reported a recent sighting ... and young might leave the nest as early as two weeks after hatching. These egrets, like cowbirds, have also been known to deposit their ...

Birds like wood storks, snowy egrets and tri-colored herons spend much of the year nesting and roosting in areas like J.N.

John James Audubon, the pre-eminent 19th-century painter of birds, considered the snowy egret to be one of America’s surpassingly beautiful species. The egret, he noted, was also abundant.

While tactile feeders — like wood storks and white ... are more visual feeders — such as great egrets, who use their eyes to spot prey. Some birds have also changed the timing of their nesting.

Other birds on site that Steckler is concerned about are protected species like great egrets, great blue herons, and crested caracaras. While WPTV’s Tyler Hatfield and Steckler were on site ...

Cattle egret are white plumed birds that often follow cattle around, feeding on the insects they disturb. The birds were rarely seen at Fairburn Ings until about five years ago, the RSPB said ...