I stopped my bicycle under the shade of one of the oak trees laden with egret nests. Would today be the day that the hatchlings finally made their appearance? Since January, in the trees above Alabama Drive at Kraft Azalea Gardens, the egret pairs have been meticulously constructing their rookeries.
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A newborn great egret stretches his wing above a sibling as Dad or Mom stands guarding the nest. -
One of three egret hatchlings in one of the many nests at Winter Park's Kraft Azalea Gardens along the shores of Lake Maitland. -
An egret hatchling mistakes a sibling's beak as the source of his or her next meal. -
Two of three egret hatchlings play Janus in their Winter Park rookery. -
A dinosauresque egret hatchling gives us his scary stare.
