The Great Egret is certainly a beauty in the world of nature, found most often in North American wetlands. The egret is a bit smaller than a Great Blue Heron, but is a big bird with a beautiful wingspan. You will often see egrets standing still or wading through wetlands to hunt fish or other prey.

Cool Facts about the Great Egret from "All About Birds" https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_egret/lifehistory):

"Food":

"The Great Egret eats mainly small fish but also eats amphibians, reptiles, birds, small mammals and invertebrates such as crayfish, prawns, shrimp, polychaete worms, isopods, dragonflies and damselflies, whirligig beetles, giant water bugs, and grasshoppers. It hunts in belly-deep or shallower water in marine, brackish, and freshwater wetlands, alone or in groups. It wades as it searches for prey, or simply stands still to wait for prey to approach."

"*Though it mainly hunts while wading, the Great Egret occasionally swims to capture prey or hovers (somewhat laboriously) over the water and dips for fish.
*The oldest known Great Egret was 22 years, 10 months old and was banded in Ohio."