Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Adult American Bittern. Photo: Diane Taylor/Audubon Photography Awards

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Adult. Photo: Rosemary Gillan/Audubon Photography Awards

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

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Breeding adults. Photo: Gregg Gleason/Audubon Photography Awards

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

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Breeding adults. Photo: Fraida Gutovich/Audubon Photography Awards

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Adult. Photo: Barbara Houston/Audubon Photography Awards

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Adult male. Photo: Hannah Meddaugh/Audubon Photography Awards

Least Bittern

Botaurus exilis

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Adult Little Blue Heron. Photo: Bill Dix/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

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Adult. Photo: Thai National Parks/Flickr Creative Commons

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

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Breeding adult (dark morph). Photo: Melissa James/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

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Adult Snowy Egret. Photo: Jesse Gordon/Audubon Photography Awards

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

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Non-breeding adult. Photo: Peter Brannon/Audubon Photography Awards

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

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Breeding adult. Photo: Ken Lassman/Audubon Photography Awards

Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

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Adult. Photo: Syeds Photo Bash/Shutterstock

Western Reef-Heron

Egretta gularis

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Adult Yellow-crowned Night Herons. Photo: William Lutin/Audubon Photography Awards

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

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