[TheConservativeParty]

Beautiful picture!
What is the name of that bird?
The little one has a mohawk!
LOL!

[rustbucket]

That is a Great Egret. It used to be called the Common Egret many years ago. I've seen two Latin names listed for it -- Casmerodius albus (the old Latin name for the species, I think) and Ardea alba (the Latin name carried in more recent books).

The Great Egret is much larger than the Snowy Egrets shown in SWAMPSNIPER's secong photo above. The Great Egret is listed in Sibley as 39 inches in length while the Snowy is listed as 24 inches long.

Here is a side-by-side comparison of the two egrets: