{"id":3388,"date":"2017-02-05T18:45:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T18:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2018-11-28T22:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:18:24","slug":"egretta-garzetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/egretta-garzetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Egretta garzetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/egretta-garzetta\/egret\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,854\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Expression 11000XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"egret\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret-211x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3389\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Egretta garzetta is the wonderful Latin name for the Little egret. \u00a0A tall, elegant white bird that visits the muddy creek at the end of the salt marsh. At low water he stands hunchbacked in the bottom of the creek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/egretta-garzetta\/egret1b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/egret1b.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,316\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"egret1b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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