Lingering Egrets...Snowy Egret in the company of one of 21 Great Egrets in Little Compton on December 26, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Tricolored Heron, April 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Black-crowned Night Heron in Tiverton. Photo by Geoff Dennis. Slide Scan.

Glossy Ibis in Westport, MA. Photo by Geoff Dennis. Slide scan.

Great Egret in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Snowy Egret in Maine. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Great Blue Heron during mid-winter in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Green Heron in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Green Heron rousing feathers in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Green Heron ready to give way to approaching Snapping Turtle (in foreground) in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

American Bittern on wall in yard. Photo by Geoff Dennis. Slide scan.