General Description: Great Egrets (Ardea alba) are large herons. They are all white with a yellow-orange bill and gray to black legs. Sexes alike. During breeding season, long plume feathers can be seen flowing down the back and extending past the tail.

Favored Habitat: Shallow ponds and marshes.

Where to Find: Neighborhood ponds, parks (e.g., Lorenzi Park and Sunset Park), the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, and Boulder Beach Marina at Lake Mead NRA. To find them in more natural habitat, visit the Pahranagat Valley or the Overton Wildlife Management Area.

Comments: Great Egrets feed in the water for fish and bugs in the water, and they also forage on land for mice, lizards, and anything else they can catch.