This Great Egret stopped preening for a moment to pose for a photo. Saltwater creek, Cairns, Australia.

David Clode

A Great Egret preens its feathers at Freshwater Lake in Cairns Australia.

This egret has just caught a glass fish. I like the late afternoon light reflected on the water. Saltwater creek, Cairns, Australia.

This great egret was hanging around a man who was throwing a cast net to catch bait to go fishing. The bird was scoring crumbs off the table.

A Great Egret has caught a freshwater prawn.

A Great Egret interrupts its preening to call.

A building with a lot of windows and lights on it

Krisztina Anna Berecz

A train station with people waiting for the train