Herons, Bitterns & Egrets (Ardeidae)
Read MoreYellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)
Bird in breeding plumage, hunting near Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
Bird scratches while perched on a log, Sopa Lodge, Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Dwarf Bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii)
Adult foraging in a recently flooded section of the park, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
Bird on the bank of a fast moving creek, Ambosseli National Park, Kajiado, Kenya
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Bird walking in a flooded area outside Masai Lodge, Kajiado, Kenya
Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus)
Bid perched on a tree over the water, Lake Naivasha, Naivasha, Kenya
Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Bird perched on a branch, Athi Basin, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Rufous-bellied Heron (Ardeola rufiventris)
Immature in a stagnant pool, Mara Triangle, Masai Mara, Narok, Kenya
Madagascar Pond-heron (Ardeola idae)
Intra-African migrant among the reeds at the edge of a pond. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
Bird in a marshy area of Nairobi National Park, Kenya
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Bird perched on a branch, Sopa Lodge, Naivasha, Kenya
Common Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Male in the reeds and on the prowl at dawn, Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya