I asked a friend, and he sent me a gorgeous photo of a Great Egret preening
on its nest, showing many fully formed tail plumes. A google image search
turned up many beautiful flight photos, plenty of which show plumes.
Kevin
Selah, WA

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:06 AM, Kevin Lucas <vikingcove at gmail.com> wrote:


> One of the Great Egrets at the Poppoff Trail today had tail streamers.

> I've never seen that before. The other two looked normal. Are streamers

> common on Great Egrets or on other egrets or herons?

>

> The Poppoff Trail is on the Yakima Greenway near the Yakima River in/near

> Union Gap, WA. There's a map link under the photo.

>

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/58148027 at N07/40127287504/in/datetaken/

>

>

> Good birding,

> Kevin Lucas

> Selah, Yakima County, WA

>

> listing.aba.org/ethics/

>

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