Swoop for Your Supper!

I love to watch Sammy the Snowy Egret swoop for his supper. He alights on the edge of a salt … More

Cato, Full Length

Why are your feet so big, Cato? The better to perch on a cow’s back! Cattle Egrets are named for … More

In the course of greeting Otis (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay) the great Blue Heron, I was fortunate … More

Otis the Great Blue Heron was Sitting on a Dock of the Bay, peaceably fishing in one of his favorite haunts, … More

The ancient Roman Cato the Younger was famously incorruptible from the days of his youth, at a time when the … More

Beau is our name for the beautiful Great Blue Heron who fishes in a nearby salt marsh. Many’s the time … More

After a long recess in the reeds, our Snowy Egret friends are back… And Stanley here is dancing atop the water … More

Cato is a Cattle Egret, feasting on the insect life that our bovine friends attract and drive out of the … More