Nests are placed in trees and bushes at various heights above the ground.
Common Egret: Casmerodius albus egretta (Gmelin).—This is a postbreeding summer visitant, but has been found nesting once in Cowley County (Johnston, 1960:10). Occurrence in time is listed in [Table 10].
Breeding schedule.—There is no information on breeding schedule in Kansas.
Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is 2 to 4 eggs (Davie, 1898).
Nests are placed in trees, usually above 20 feet in height; the one instance of nesting in the State was within a colony of Great Blue Herons.
Snowy Egret: Leucophoyx thula thula (Molina).—This postbreeding summer visitant has been found nesting once in Finney County (Tordoff, 1956:312).
Breeding schedule.—There is no information on breeding schedule in the State.
Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is 2 to 5 eggs (Davie, 1898).
Nests in Kansas are placed among those of Great Blue Herons.
Black-crowned Night Heron: Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin).—This is a locally common summer resident around marshes and riparian habitats. Characteristics of the occurrence of the species in time are given in [Table 10].