A peaceful moment unfolds in the wetlands as a Great Egret carefully tends to her nest. She gently turns her eggs, an essential behavior that keeps them evenly warmed and developing properly. Great Egret eggs hatch 23 to 26 days of incubation, with both parents keeping them warm and turned regularly. This was a fascinating glimpse into nesting behavior, made possible by the extreme close up 2.3x video with the Nikon Z9 and built in teleconverter of my 600mm lens at 840mm = effectively 1932mm, le

Our Video of the Week takes you on a visit to a Great Egret nesting site. These gorgeous white birds live across North America wetlands and become even more stunning during breeding season with long plumes and a bright green face patch. Egrets were nearly hunted to extinction in the late nineteenth century when their plumes were used to adorn ladies' hats. A ban on hunting in 1910 allowed the species to bounce back and populations are now stable. | Cornell Lab of Ornithology