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lejun | profile | all galleries >> "Birdseye View" >> Wonderful Waterfowl >> Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Storks, Ibis, and Other Wading Birds >> Egrets >> Great Egret with Yellow Feet tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Great Egret with Yellow Feet

This gallery is an account of a Great Egret (Ardea alba) with yellow feet observed
in a lagoon in Auburn, Alabama on 8/24/20. It is unclear whether the yellow is due to lagoon mud
adhering to the feet or the bird is an aberrant for due to hybridization with a Snowy Egret
(which has yellow feet), a mutational event, or some other biological phenomenon. There is
another account of a similar observation in Minnesota in 2018. A photo of that bird is also
included in this gallery. I am calling for any comments or opinions by registering them in the comments section of this gallery.

GREG w/ yellow feet foraging
GREG w/ yellow feet foraging		 GREG w/ yellow feet in flight 2
GREG w/ yellow feet in flight 2		 GREG w/ yellow feet in flight 2
GREG w/ yellow feet in flight 2		 Mud from lagoon where GREG was foraging
Mud from lagoon where GREG was foraging		 GREG with Yellow Feet observed in Minnesota
GREG with Yellow Feet observed in Minnesota

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