Flamingos at zoo near Salina, KS.

Do you know why Flamingos stand on one leg?

Lovely birds

Sandhill Cranes in the distance. They migrate through Kansas in the spring and fall.

Sandhill Cranes

More Sandhills. Yes, the sky really was that blue.

Great Egret. AKA Common Egret

Great Egret at Old River, Mansura.

Great Egret on golf course, Baton Rouge.

American Bittern. Can you imagine how hard it would be to see in tall brown grass?

Little Blue Heron at Old River, Mansura.

Little Blue Heron at Spring Bayou, Louisiana. Note the young in the nest.

Little Blue Heron

Cattle and Cattle Egrets.

Close-up of Cattle Egret. Yep, that's a cow in the background.

Great Blue Heron. Cheyenne Bottoms, KS.

Same heron.

Green Heron. Kansas

White Ibises at Spring Bayou area, Lousisiana.

White Ibises, closer up

Glossy Ibis at Cheyeen Bottoms, KS.

Ibises -- probably Glossy.

Glossy Ibises, mostly immatures.

Scarlet Ibis. Zoo in San Diego.

Black-crowned Night Heron (aka Gross Beck)

Immature night heron, probably a White-crowned.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Spring Bayou area, Louisiana

Snowy Egret near Quivira Wildlife Area. Note the yellow at the base of the bill.

Rookery, Spring Bayou area

Cattle Egret eggs.

Young Cattle Egrets

More young egrets.

Little Fuzzies

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