{"id":371,"date":"2017-03-28T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifebylarabee.com\/?p=371"},"modified":"2022-07-24T18:59:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:59:01","slug":"371","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifebylarabee.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/28\/371\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sentry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Egret (Ardea alba)<\/p>\n<p>We had just pulled into the road to Pinckney Wildlife reserve.\u00a0 Not a bird in sight, well this fellow, I would call him a Sentry, flew in making its presence known.\u00a0 This very large white orange beaked fellow flew to a tree and stood there looking right at us.\u00a0 It seemed stern in manner curious to the fact, we did not belong in his territory. I thought maybe it would fly away after seeing us staring up at him.\u00a0 As I turned around, to tell Deb to get her camera, she was already gone.<\/p>\n<p>We spent about thirty minutes watching this great bird.\u00a0 The Egret was beautiful in the wind, fluffs of soft white feathers fluttered as he faced it.\u00a0 The bird was tall when it stretched out his long snake-like neck. He truly looked like a guard of his domain.<\/p>\n<p>Pinckney Island is full of wild marshes and there are various rookeries. The island is full of vegetation and wild birds of all kinds. The reptile population was very active. 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