Reddish Egret

This gallery contains images of the dark phase as well as the white phase Reddish Egret. Only about 7 percent of the total population is the white phase, and the only place we see them is alongside the Packery Channel near the Padre Island Causeway on Mustang Island across the bay from Corpus Christi. Both varieties exhibit the same "drunken sailor" behavior when hunting fish -- hilarious to watch!