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V.I.B. Gallery – Yellow-crowned Night Heron

V.I.B. (VERY IMPORTANT BIRDS) GALLERY

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Great Egret

Like all egrets, it is a member of the heron family, Ardeidae. Traditionally classified with the storks in the Ciconiiformes, the Ardeidae are closer relatives of pelicans and belong in the Pelecaniformes instead. The great egret—unlike the typical egrets—does not belong to the genus Egretta but together with the great herons is today placed in Ardea. In the past, however, it was sometimes placed in Egretta or separated in a monotypic genus Casmerodius.

The Old World population is often referred to as the “great white egret”. This species is sometimes confused with the great white heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related great blue heron.

The scientific name comes from Latin ardea “heron”, and alba, “white”.

Photo Gallery

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What’s Up? – Wacky Weather Week

Wacky Weather Week

Most likely that you already, the East Coast has been under another “cold wave”…Again!

This its how it went: We were having very low temperatures for a few days and then when it warmed just a bit, it snowed, not much, just about 2 – 3 inches and immediately after the temperature plunged back down making things going from bad to worse. The snow froze and it was only ice everywhere. Our Schools have been closed ALL WEEK! Then from that point, things got more complicated for everyone. Many stores closed because their parking lots were like ice skating rinks!

Many roads were closed because the icy conditions. In other cases, people that went on the road despite the warnings suffered the consequences by getting into costly accidents, the amount of accidents was tremendous.

Seems like it’s going to warm up lightly today, it’s sunny but still frigid. My birds are still there and eating a bit more. I can’t wait for Spring!

I got some pictures for you from before and after the snow.