The Great White Egret Mating Dance

by Mary Lou Chmura

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The Great White Egret Mating Dance

Artist

Mary Lou Chmura

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The Great White Egret Mating Dance - Nature and Wildlife Fine Art Photography by Mary Lou Chmura

The Great White Egret Mating dance is by far one of the most fascinating and impressive courtship dances of all. I absolutely love to watch the courting behaviors of these magnificent beautiful birds.

Beginning with their elongated necks in a backward S curve position with their long bills straight up and their long feathery plumes (also known as aigrettes),  beautifully fanned out; the male egret will suddenly outstretch his elongated neck all the way up to the top and then without a moments notice he will snap it back down into the low crouching backward S curve position. When he reaches the bottom he will start outsrtetching his neck, once again, then suddenly snapping it back down; repeating this pattern over and over.

The male egret will do this dance numerous times and then stop for a brief time in between to preen his long feathery plumes.

I find this courtship behavior to be completely mesmerizing. I love the elegantly graceful fanning of the beautifully long plumes.

This Fine Art Stock Photo comes in a multitude of sizes and media formats to accommodate whatever your needs may be.

It is suitable as a home decor or office wall print, that will add nice accent to any room where you would like to add a touch of nature's marvelous wonders.

This print may be purchased as a poster, matted and framed wall art print, canvas art print, metal prints , tote bags, iPhone cover etc.

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All photographs and images: copyright © 1998-2019 Mary Lou Chmura - All Rights Reserved.

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May 14th, 2019

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