Great Egret at the mangrove edge
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Great Egret · Everglades National Park · 6 February 2026
A Great Egret working the mangrove prop roots at the edge of a channel in the Everglades. Great Egrets fish every kind of shallow water across the South, and the mangrove edge is a particularly good one: the roots trap small fish and crustaceans against the tide, which is presumably what this bird was after rather than the open water beyond.
The roots are the mangrove's own answer to mud with no oxygen in it. They breathe through pores above the waterline, and the tangle they make is the nursery for most of the fish on the reef.
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