Reddish egrets are regarded as some of the rarest egrets in North America. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, reddish egrets were overhunted for their feathers, which were often used in hats.

Watching a Reddish Egret dance through the shallow water in search of food is a wildlife photographers dream. They spread their wings into a canopy while they hunt. It's a sudden split second ...

When the reddish egrets dance, Theodore Cross tries to be in the audience, front row center, with his camera. Male reddish egrets remind him of Fred Astaire in Top Hat. Females dance like Ginger ...

, and found an unexpected surprise -- a third New Jersey record of a reddish egret. The bird was a juvenile and quite drab, which makes identification difficult. Adult birds of this species ...

Now Florida biologists want to establish a baseline for the reddish egret's population to make sure the bird with the smooth dance moves doesn't go the way of the dodo.

Photo gallery: Reddish egrets make dance floor of Harbor Island By JEFF KIDD - [email protected] 843-706-8175. Updated October 1, 2013 9:10 AM.

A reddish egret fishing at the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel. ... The birds were prime examples of the 2½-foot-tall egrets best known of their dinner dance.

Two rare reddish egrets on Florida's Gulf Coast. A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it's claiming one of North America's ...

Demand for fashionable hats almost wiped out one of North America's rarest birds. Now Florida biologists want to establish a baseline for the reddish egret's population to make sure the bird with ...