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
Madagascar Pond-heron (Ardeola idae)
Intra-African migrant among the reeds at the edge of a pond. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Common Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Male in the reeds and on the prowl at dawn, Hyena Dam, 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