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Last Great Egret on Long Island Sound Summer 2011 egrettv 5 views I have never seen a Great Egret on the Long Island Sound this late in the year. The observations of bird populations over time leads to environmental awareness and is a sig...
The Last Great Egret of Summer 2011 egrettv 6 views The Great Egrets around here fly in at low-tide to feed on the aquatic life of the mudflats. A few days later the Long Island Sound was hit with a snowy nor'ester and no eg...
4 Great Egrets heading South for Winter egrettv 13 views The Long Island Sound is a big summer range for the Great Egret. Around this time of year they start flying south to their all year round range (think Florida). I saw these...
Tropical Storm Irene's Storm Surge in Branford Connecticut egrettv 46 views On August 28, 2011 Tropical Storm Irene slammed the Long Island Sound's Connecticut north shore. I have been living here for 50 years and have never seen a storm surge like...
Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Cormorants Feeding Frenzy egrettv 10 views The blue fish run on the Sound this time of the year. When some baby blues swam close to the shore at low-tide, in swooped the egrets and cormorants for the dinner-time fee...
Great Egret Catches and Swallows Whole a Very Big Fish egrettv 90 views Leaning forward, neck extended, and a long yellow bill make catching fish easy for this white heron feeding in the low-tide mudflat.
Great Egret Walking in the Wind egrettv 14 views The Great Egret is a large, stately, slender white heron with black legs and feet. When feeding as seen here, assumes as eager forward-leaning pose, neck extended.
Great Egret Catches and Swallows Whole a Fish egrettv 19 views In contrast to the rushing about Snowy Egrets, the deliberate Great Egret when feeding assumes the forward-leaning pose to spot fish in the shallow water.
Snowy Egret and the "golden slippers" egrettv 7 views Nice footage of the Snowy Egretapos;s yellow feet and why this heron is called "golden slippers". When feeding rushes about while catching fish, quite a contrast to the sta...
Snowy Egret Shakes a Leg for Fish egrettv 8 views A small white heron with a slender black bill and yellow feet. when feeding rushes about, shuffling feet to stir up fish.

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Please visit www.egrettv.org. Dave "the storkman" Petersen runs egretTV.org, a social media website dedicated to the protection, restoration and preservation of Connecticuts Long Island Sound ecosystem. Its goal is to be a site for environmental activists advocating public policy and individual behavior sustaining the Long Island Sound ecosystem. These videos are found on egrettv.org's video blog.

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