Fun Facts about the Continental Congress. 1  In the First Continental Congress, Patrick Henry, a delegate from Virginia, made the bold statement that I am not a Virginian, I am an American. 2  At the time of the congress, there were around 2.5 million people living in the United States.
For the EGRET satellite mission, see Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope. An egret /ËiËÉ¡rÉt/ is a bird that is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season.he distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague, and depends more on appearance than biology. The word egret comes from the French word aigrette that means both silver heron and brush, referring to the long filamentous feathers that seem to cascade down an egret's back during the breeding season.
A grebe (/ËÉ¡riËb/) is a member of the order Podicipediformes and the only type of bird associated with this order.It is a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter.hey respond to danger by diving rather than flying, and are in any case much less wary than ducks. Extant species range in size from the least grebe, at 120 grams (4.3 oz) and 23.5 cm (9.3 inches), to the great grebe, at 1.7 kg (3.8 lbs) and 71 cm (28 inches).