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Your photo could be featured as Nature Canada's Photo of the Month.
1. Tell us your name, where you took the photo, and a brief description or story explaining the photo.
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Dear Nature Canada,
Here is a my photo of the month submission. It is a Great Egret at the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto, ON in April/2011 during mating season!
Thanks!
Amelia Gaulin
Thanks for sharing this wonderful photo with us, Amelia.
With its long black legs contrasting sharply with an all-white plumage, the Great Egret is a stunning large heron that inhabits parts of Ontario, the southern praries, south-western Quebec, the United States and wetlands throughout Central and South America. It can be identified from other herons by its long, straight yellow beak, and by the way its neck forms an s-shaped curve during flight.
The Great Egret nests in colonies with other herons and Egrets – its nest can be found in trees or shrubs and is built of sticks covered in green vegetation. Wetlands – such as marshes, rivers and tidal flats – provide the ideal habitat for nesting and feeding. The Great Egret is also the symbol of the National Audubon Society, one of the oldest environmental organizations in North America.
Cool fact: The longest living Great Egret was lived to be 23-years-old.
Put it on your desktop!
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