WINGS of THUNDER
by Karen Wiles
Title
WINGS of THUNDER
Artist
Karen Wiles
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
WINGS of THUNDER by KAREN WILES
A horizontal artwork featuring the Great White Egret in flight with a very wide wingspan against dramatic stormy skies. Capturing this great white bird of elegance in flight with a nest building twig within her beak makes for an unusual and very bold artwork to enhance any room décor...
The great white egret is a large #heron with all-white plumage. Standing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, this species can measure 80 to 104 cm (31 to 41 in) in length and have a wingspan of 131 to 170 cm (52 to 67 in). Body mass can range from 700 to 1,500 g (1.5 to 3.3 lb), with an average of around 1,000 g (2.2 lb). It is thus only slightly smaller than the great blue or grey heron (A. cinerea). Apart from size, the great #egret can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet, though the bill may become darker and the lower legs lighter in the breeding season. In #breeding plumage, delicate ornamental feathers are borne on the back. Males and females are identical in appearance; juveniles look like non-breeding adults. Differentiated from the intermediate egret (Mesophoyx intermedius) by the gape, which extends well beyond the back of the eye in case of the great egret, but ends just behind the eye in case of the intermediate egret.
It has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, ibises, and spoonbills, which extend their necks in flight.
The great egret is not normally a vocal bird; at breeding colonies, however, it often gives a loud croaking cuk cuk cuk
Additional great white egrets can be found on Wiles site @
http://karen-wiles.artistwebsites.com
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June 12th, 2014
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