> Hi Tweeters
> Marian Bailey, Wildlife Biologist at Nisqually NWR, asked me if Great Egrets
> have yellow on their legs. Guide books all describe the legs as black. Does
> anyone know? Photos of the bird that is wintering at Nisqually show some
> yellow on the leg. They have been black enough for me and the bird is large enough
> for all of us to call it a Great Egret. It is the first one on record to winter
> over. All past reports have a single bird showing up in the Fall and hanging
> around for several weeks.
>
> Having just returned from Africa where we saw lots of egrets,
> Intermediates, and Reef Herons, with some yellow on the legs, which caused me
> to wonder. Has anyone paid enough attention to Great Egret's legs to discern
> if they occasionally show some yellow part way up? A few people have suggested
> white morph of the Great Blue, but I think we best leave that to the folks in
> Florida. Is our bird odd?
>
> If any of you have good photos of the bird, it would be interesting to see what
> coloring you have on the legs.
>
> Dave Richardson

I'm not sure if you were asking for photos of Great Egrets in general,
or the one at Nisqually in particular. My photos of the one at
Nisqually seem to show the legs as yellow/yellowish above the knee and
black below.

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