Not the greatest of photographs, but I thought I’d continue with a bird. When I was looking at this one I was approached by some French retirees who asked me if there was anything interesting to see. Not knowing the French for egret, I said “Il y a un héron”, only to get the slightly contemptuous reply “Ce n’est pas un héron, c’est une aigrette!”. So I learnt a new word.
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notGoodenough 11.05.23 at 6:01 pm
We all have a few egrets in life… :-) Thanks for the enjoyable photo!
engels 11.05.23 at 8:27 pm
Je n’aigrette rien…
Suzanne 11.05.23 at 8:49 pm
Egrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention….This could go on for days.
I used to confuse herons and cranes. There’s an easy distinction – if it’s in a tree, it’s a heron.
And you weren’t wrong, exactly. Egrets are a class of herons and the big ones look more like them than your petite aigrette friend there.
bad Jim 11.06.23 at 5:19 am
An egregious egret and an egress.
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