Little egrets inhabit the margins of coastal and inland water habitats, preferring open areas with shallow fresh water. They are usually solitary except when roosting in trees or flying to roost. The liveliest hunters among the herons, they feed chiefly by walking through water and snapping at prey, or by running and agitating the water with their feet to disturb prey. They are colonial nesters, building near water, in trees and bushes or sometimes on rocks or cliffs. Colonies range from a few hundred nests up to a couple of thousand. usually in association with other herons.

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