
The Great White Egret Mating Dance

by Mary Lou Chmura
Title
The Great White Egret Mating Dance
Artist
Mary Lou Chmura
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
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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Comments (48)

Linaji Creating
I would LOVE to Invite you to my new group: All Genre of Photography…. I so enjoy your work and appreciate you! Here is the link: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/all-genre-of-photography-.html?tab=overview Hope to see you soon!
Mary Lou Chmura replied:
Thank you so very much, Linaji, your invitation and kind words are greatly appreciated!

Al Powell Photography USA
Congratulations, this IMAGE is now FEATURED on the WATER BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY group home page.

Dawn Currie
Mary Lou, Congratulations for your feature in our group, Florida-Images of the Sunshine State! Please take a moment to add it to the 2019 Florida Featured Work Archive discussion for additional visibility.

John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"