These pictures were on the front page of the Vicksburg paper yesterday. It shows a great egret fishing for breakfast Tuesday morning off the boat launch at the City Water Front. Egrets have a wing span of 52 to 57 inches and weigh about 2 to 3 pounds. Their life span averages 22 to 23 years, and they are the symbol of the National Audubon Society, which was created more than a century ago to protect birds from being killed for their plumage. Below the bird begins devouring its catch.
That's crazy a bird that weighs just 2-3 pounds can have a wingspan of nearly five feet! of course, it appears that they also have legs about that long too - resulting in the light weight.
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