Photography by Greg Frucci

Per ChatGPT on 7/11/2025: This bird is a Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), most likely a juvenile dark morph or a subadult. Here's how you can tell: Key Features: Long, shaggy neck and lanky legs Two-toned bill (though hard to see in B&W, usually pink at the base, black at the tip) Dusky to slate-gray plumage typical of the dark morph Active foraging stance in shallow water—classic egret behavior Why not something else? Great Blue Heron is bulkier, with a thicker bill and darker crown. Little Blue Heron is smaller and sleeker, with different proportions. Tricolored Heron has more contrast in plumage (white belly), even in grayscale. Habitat & Location: Reddish Egrets are uncommon but regular in northeast Florida's estuaries and mudflats like those in GTM Reserve or Guana Lake. They are the most active and animated foragers among herons. If you want confirmation or color details, a color photo or description of the legs and bill would help—those are key ID points.

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Two close-ups of a tufted titmouse bird that Greg photographed in a pine tree near his apartment at The Felix in Jacksonville. This timestamp is the date he emailed the pictures to me.

Greg emailed me three pictures of spoonbills on this date. I do not see these pictures in his online shop or the Google drive he shared with me. I brightened and cropped this picture for my website.

I cropped this one.

From https://www.gregfrucci.com/birds

Two different pictures with the same title, but different file names.

Screenshot from shop

On the day I invited Greg to watch the sea turtle nest evaluation, as we walked back to the parking lot, I asked him to take pictures of the banana spiders. This is the only one he gave me as of 7/22/2025.

Willet at the beach in the morning.