Great egret # 738 flying over the Little Arkansas River. Note the antenna trailing beside the bird's legs.
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Great egret # 738 flying over the Little Arkansas River. Note the telemetry antenna trailing beside the bird's legs.
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An egret fitted with a tracking device rests in a tree along the Arkansas River. Biologists are studying the feeding and travel dynamics of the birds again this summer in Wichita.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
An egret fitted with a tracking device rests in a tree along the Arkansas River. Biologists are studying the feeding and travel dynamics of the birds again this summer in Wichita.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Several hundred great egrets call Wichita their spring and summer home.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
One of five great egrets fitted with electronic tracking equipment flies along the Little Arkansas River. Note the tracking antenna by the bird's legs.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
One of five great egrets fitted with electronic tracking equipment flies along the Little Arkansas River. Note the tracking antenna by the bird's legs
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
One of five great egrets fitted with electronic tracking equipment flies along the Little Arkansas River. Note the tracking antenna by the bird's legs
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
One of five great egrets fitted with electronic tracking equipment flies along the Little Arkansas River. Note the tracking antenna by the bird's legs
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A great egret, one of three species of egret that calls the Wichita area home.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
The small waterfalls along the Arkansas River are favored gathering areas for several kinds of egrets.
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An adult great egret, right, preparing to feed its young at a rookery near I-235 and Zoo Boulevard.
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Research notes taken by Alan Maccarone while studying egrets Wednesday morning.
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Two young great egrets waiting on adult to return to the nest with some food.
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Alan Maccarone, of Friends University, studies a great egret along the Arkansas River.
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Alan Maccarone uses telemetry equipment to locate one of five great egrets he is studying this summer.
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Such frilly plumage is why many species of egrets were nearly shot into extinction about 100 years ago. The feathers were used to adorn women's hats.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Great egret # 738 flying over the Little Arkansas River. Note the telemetry antenna trailing beside the bird's legs.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
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