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Great EgretArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml/list.htmlCBS 4,POMPANO BEACH (CBS4) ― A Great Egret, found dangling from a tree in Pompano Beach, tangled up fishing wire has died. The bird also had a fishing hook stuck Rarity Roundup V - Nov 10, 2008 MaineToday.com,...a Great Egret, a Stilt Sandpiper, a Long-billed Dowitcher, and an unidentified small white egret that suggested a Cattle Egret in Cape Elizabeth; Osprey wins out as top state bird choice - Nov 11, 2008 Florida Today,Following behind were the snowy egret, the great egret, brown pelican and black skimmer. The online voting was open to students in fourth through eighth Mullet on move stirs up activity - Nov 14, 2008 Tampabay.com,After the osprey, the top vote-getters were the snowy egret, great egret, brown pelican and black skimmer. More than 77000 children from all counties in One election choice is truly for the birds - Nov 3, 2008 Naples Daily News,By ERIC STAATS (Contact) Five of them -- osprey, snowy egret, great egret, brown pelican and black skimmer -- are vying today to replace the mockingbird as Second Bird Snagged By Fishing Line - Nov 7, 2008 CBS 4,A Great Egret is bandaged and bruised after it was found dangling, injured and scared, from a tree in Pompano Beach. A while ago, a pelican was found Bolsa Chica wetlands not always a birder's paradise - Nov 1, 2008 Los Angeles Times,I did manage to capture a great egret seeming to peck a mirror image of itself (see photo), but then it began to rain and I rushed back to the lot with my Students Vote for Osprey to Become Florida's New State Bird - Nov 6, 2008 The Ledger,Also voted for to replace the mockingbird as Florida's state bird were the snowy egret, great egret, brown pelican and black skimmer. Students pick osprey as new state bird - Nov 5, 2008 Florida Today,The other contenders, in order of popularity, were: the snowy egret, the great egret, the brown pelican and the black skimmer. Florida kids recommend osprey to be new state bird - Nov 5, 2008 Naples Daily News,After the osprey, in popularity, were the snowy egret, great egret, brown pelican and black skimmer. More than 77000 students voted in Florida, with fourth- Birds of a feather - Nov 2, 2008 Albany Herald On-line,...which include quail, blue heron, Canadian goose, great egret, mallard, white ibis, snowy egret, cormorant and black and yellow crowned night herons. Heinz Refuge 2008 Photo Contest Winners Announced - Nov 12, 2008 Town Talk,2nd Place: Jessica Ferrarelli of Aston, with "This is My Good Side" (Great Egret). Children's Category: 1st Place: Dalton Thomason of Brookhaven, Coast is paradise for birdwatchers - Nov 4, 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution,A great egret stalks prey in a marsh. A mixed flock of shorebirds gathers on the beach at Jekyll Island, much to the delight of those in town for Georgia’s Mock voting used to teach students about election process - Oct 30, 2008 Daytona Beach News-Journal,The osprey, great egret, black skimmer, snowy egret and brown pelican are in the running to replace the mockingbird. "There are many people who believe the Rare Bird Alert - Nov 7, 2008 MaineToday.com,Birds seen around Kittery Point on November 1 included a late GREAT EGRET, five AMERICAN PIPITS, a MERLIN, an ICELAND GULL, and on the beaches, Great egret: Utters loud, hoarse croak - Sep 25, 2008 News-Leader.com,Species status: Habitat destruction and 19th-century hunting have hurt great egret populations in many parts of the country. Best Healthy Places to Retire: Longmeadow, Massachusetts - Sep 19, 2008 U.S. News & World Report,In the spring, lucky visitors might catch a glimpse of an osprey, a great egret, or even a bald eagle. Garden spot. Longmeadow's maple-shaded streets are Look closely for the green heron - Aug 30, 2008 Waterbury Republican American,In a back corner, the gleaming white form of a great egret stepped out from behind a brushy islet. It wielded a bill just as efficient, if not quite as Thoughtless actions drive away herons - Aug 30, 2008 The Republican - MassLive.com,Nearly as large as the great blue is the great egret, another member of the heron family, but with completely white feathers. We found two great egrets, Birds bug bass fishermen - Sep 20, 2008 The Patriot-News - PennLive.com,They wanted to relieve territorial pressure on the black-crowned night heron and the great egret, both of which are endangered species in Pennsylvania and Give and take in world of birds - Sep 20, 2008 Ottawa Citizen,A great egret was at what is left of the pond on Armstrong Road. It flew up into a tree and perched near a great blue heron. Andrea McGowan heard some Ten Thousand Islands' Snook - Sep 23, 2008 Florida Game and Fish Magazine,You become keenly aware of anything different: from the snowy white feathers of a great egret perched in the mangroves to your guide jolting you out of your Mike Cohn working on a bigger Gateway on Brother Islands - Sep 8, 2008 New York Daily News,The 7-acre, uninhabited South Brother Island is considered a key nesting colony for several types of shore birds, including the Great Egret, Double-crested 1988: Port of Call for a million birds (and a few seals) - Sep 15, 2008 Cape Cod Today,...''The great egret,'' explained Mr. Stabins. ''After breeding in the Carolinas, they often wander around up here before heading back south. FAIR FEATHERED FRIEND - Sep 4, 2008 The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,Bird and Boyer became fishing buddies about 10 years ago when Boyer caught the great egret stealing his catch. "I'm fishing back there, and I hear a racket Answering late summer’s question: Where have all the male birds gone? - Sep 2, 2008 Lynchburg News and Advance,From her description, the bird was probably a great egret, and this species is an uncommon visitor in Central Virginia from late summer through McDonald leads bird walk - Sep 2, 2008 Lassen County News,Near a small island several feet from the shore, a Great Egret was spotted and McDonald quickly focused a telescope she carries on the large bird. A bright-colored parakeet in Bali, Indonesia - Sep 11, 2008 Wall Street Journal...where you might spy the slow-flying purple heron or the fish-spearing great egret -- both of which can grow to a height of about one meter. Piedras Pintadas Trail delights birders - Sep 4, 2008 San Diego Union Tribune,...we saw several black and white grebes, a pair of mallard ducks, several snowy egrets, and then a big thrill: a great egret lingering on a rock. Birds in the Burg and Beyond - Sep 9, 2008 W&M The Dog Street Journal,While the two most common, the Great Blue Heron and the Great Egret, can be observed in Williamsburg (and at Lake Matoaka) year round, from August to WILDLIFE VIEWING - Sep 11, 2008 Statesman Journal,There was a great egret out hunting, and up close, next to the road at the south end of Rest Lake, were three amazing tail-flashing active Wilson's snipe, Birds are enjoying this belated summer - Sep 6, 2008 Ottawa Citizen,Judy Hisgrove noticed a great egret standing on a roof on the Carp ridge where there are natural ponds. There is another guided tour in the Walk in the Save Bristol Harbor party - Sep 11, 2008 Warren Times Gazette,Also honored were Aidan Graham and Frank Munro, who won the first-ever “Great Egret� award by insstalling an innovative rainwater recovery system at Aidan’s Late Summer Arrivals Entertain With Their Antics - Sep 7, 2008 RedOrbit,Renelle Maddrey snapped a handsome great egret standing by the lake in Kings Grant. Check out Bob McCausland's photo, left, of a rabbit dining with Preserve vast natural area - Sep 1, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,He wrote: "The great egret rookery on the property is probably the oldest in continued use in the country." The area has been and continues to be a Mecca Orland Park blotter 8/29 - Aug 29, 2008 Southtown Star,UNDERAGE DRINKING Erich Grosskopf, 19, 10440 Great Egret Drive, Orland Park, was charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor and disregarding a A wetlands brims with new life - Sep 7, 2008 MiamiHerald.com,No high banks; plenty of flooded sandbars, willow and maidencane; and birds everywhere you looked -- great egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, moor hen, What's Happening - 14 Aug 2008 Yakima Herald-Republic,Among this week's reported sightings were 65 western kingbirds along Satus Road, a great egret hunting in the fields north of Pumphouse Road, three Vaux's Prentice: Local waters take on tropical feel - Aug 13, 2008 Daily Camera,Outrage over the carnage contributed to the growing conservation movement at the turn of the century, and the great egret became the symbol of the Audubon Rare Bird Alert - Aug 11, 2008 MaineToday.com,A GREAT EGRET was seen flying down the Kennebec River in Gardiner on August 2. A MERLIN family continues near the intersection of Dresden and Kingsbury in Shorebirds, Shorebirds, Everywhere! - Aug 11, 2008 MaineToday.com,Continuing on the loop, there was a Great Egret in the ponds of the Toddy Brook Golf Course. I had high hopes for a patch bird or two when I found the lower Orland Park police blotter 8/13 - Aug 13, 2008 Southtown Star,BURGLARY Some change and an iPod connector were stolen July 29 or July 30 from a vehicle in the 10400 block of Great Egret. BURGLARY An iPod was taken July Get ready for fall migration - Aug 9, 2008 Ottawa Citizen,Shelley Goertzen saw a great egret, surprisingly perched in a pine tree. It was in the Kanata storm management area, "the headquarters of the mighty Carp Riding The Rail Trail - Jul 31, 2008 Hartford Courant,...kingfishers, phoebes and — the find of the day, the one that transfixed everybody — a single great egret, working its way through the wetland feeding, Yankee Notebook: Scouting is good preparation - Aug 10, 2008 Barre Montpelier Times Argus,A great egret. I don't think it's on my life list at home. In any case, it is now. It's been almost 60 years since I was a Boy Scout. On the other hand, Daycationers have a treat waiting on Owls Creek - Aug 9, 2008 The Virginian-Pilot,A great egret, perched on an osprey platform, took off up the creek as we paddled near. The handsome bird stayed just ahead of us coming and going as if Ceramics have come a long way, baby - Aug 7, 2008 Victoria Advocate,The pieces range from an elaborate ceramic table set that honors Coretta Scott King to a delicate teapot shaped like a great egret to a slab-built stoneware 7/31/08 What's Happening - Jul 31, 2008 Yakima Herald-Republic,In a flooded field just north of the weigh station near Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, the birders noted a great egret, 12 black-necked stilts (most Happy Bird-Day, Dear Thoreau - Jul 29, 2008 BladePlus,We saw white ibis, anhinga, green heron, great egret, and moorhen. We saw young cypress stuffed full of fledglings. We saw an alligator lounging in duckweed Neal Communities restores 11 acres of wetlands - Jul 16, 2008 Bradenton Herald,A great egret in the wetland area bordering Edenmore and Lismore in The Country Club at Lakewood Ranch. Neal Communities just completed the $250000 Special to the Free Press - 25 Apr 2008 BurlingtonFreePress.com,Among wading birds reported during the past week were a great egret in Shelburne, three black-crowned night-herons at Delta Park in Winooski, and a Virginia Gary Bogue: Local resident spots egret on hill catching mice - Apr 24, 2008 Contra Costa Times,Friday night we looked up and there, on the hill, was a huge great egret! We've lived here 12 years and never seen one on our hill (I thought they hung out Great egret causes a stir in the North Isles - Apr 18, 2008 Shetland Times,ONE bird in particular was causing quite a stir in Unst last week a great white heron. Seen first at Haroldswick pools last Friday morning, when it was very Great egret sighted in Trout Creek area - Apr 14, 2008 The North Bay Nugget,It was a great egret which had migrated north of its normal range in southern Ontario. It is occasionally found in this part of the province. Travel calendar - Apr 20, 2008 Contra Costa Times,Hosts one of the largest Great Blue Heron, Great Egret and Snowy Egret nesting sites. Avocado Festival — 9 am-5 pm April 20, Fallbrook. Waders far outnumber landbirds in Florida - Apr 11, 2008 Northumberland Today,Many kinds of herons occur here - the familiar great blue heron, as well as great egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, reddish egret, little blue heron, Rare Bird Alert - Apr 4, 2008 MaineToday.com,First of the year reports this week included great egret, snowy egret, broad-winged hawk, American coot, piping plover, and Wilson's snipe. Yellow-rumped warblers return - Apr 21, 2008 The North Bay Nugget,Ed and Sharon Duca of Restoule reported they also observed the great egret which was recently reported at Trout Creek. They were in Florida for the winter, To brother's house we go, to see the animal show - Mar 27, 2008 Contra Costa Times,The great egret returned the next day, maybe thinking the hummers might be good to hunt and eat. But the hummers went egret hunting instead and that was Lost among the bears - Apr 12, 2008 Hindu,The area is home to Spot Billed Pelican, Pallas’ Fish Eagle, Eurasian Spoonbills, Great Egret, Common Cranes, Sarus Cranes, Egyptian vulture and painted The Chronicle Wine Selections: Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon $50 ... - Apr 10, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,Rating: TWO STARS 2005 Egret Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($25) Once hunted to near extinction, the great egret, now the National Audubon Society's symbol Truly amazing - Apr 18, 2008 Malaysia Star,The bird species here include the yellow bittern, great egret, painted stork and red stork. Duck species include the whistling duck, cotton pygmy goose, Into the Outdoors: The world has many beautiful birds to check out ... - Apr 11, 2008 Morris Daily Herald,Some of the birds you can see along the Canal this time of year include the Belted Kingfisher, Great Egret, Indigo Bunting, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Ya Know What They Say About the Best Laid Plans! - Apr 9, 2008 MaineToday.com,American Kestrel), and a short stop at Weskeag Marsh in Thomaston (our first Lesser Yellowlegs of the year, plus 8 Great Blue Herons and a Great Egret). Nature refuge opens doors wide - Apr 1, 2008 Myrtle Beach Sun News,By Zane Wilson - zwilson@thesunnews.com High above the Waccamaw River a Great egret looks across a part of the 54000 acre Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge Visiting performance artist makes appearance at Pukaha Mt Bruce - Apr 14, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),Described as a ‘bird lady’ for her interpretation of the Great Egret, Patricia Bulitt is in residence at New Pacific Studio in the Wairarapa for three weeks See nature at Yuma fest - Apr 13, 2008 Arizona Daily Star,..."Many, such as the great egret, the rare black rail and the large-billed Savannah sparrow, haven't been seen (in the Yuma area) in decades," he said. Lewisville uses cannon to drive away pesky egrets - Apr 14, 2008 WFAA,A great egret perches over ponds in Highland Village. Thousands of its cousins, the cattle egrets, swarmed Lewisville Lake Park in the past. 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