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  1. A heron and an egret.jpg

    A heron and an egret.jpg

    Nearer bird is a snowy egret and more distant is a little blue heron immature.
  2. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    Shorter neck plumes than the hybrids from the same date
  3. Snow in San Francisco?

    Snow in San Francisco?

    Nope. Snowy in name only.
  4. Snowy egret

    Snowy egret

    Snowy egrets hunting at the salt-flat marsh.
  5. Snowy egret

    Snowy egret

    Snowy egrets hunting at the salt-flat marsh.
  6. Snowy egret

    Snowy egret

    Snowy egrets hunting at the salt-flat marsh.
  7. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    Even birds have bad hair days I guess. This male was in full mating plumage
  8. Snow in California???

    Snow in California???

    Of course! California has the deepest snowfalls of the "lower 48". The egrets there can even be snowy in June ;)
  9. Balancing Act

    Balancing Act

    A Snowy Egret waits for prey to pass below him, balancing on a low branch
  10. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

  11. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

  12. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    I took many flybys this day.
  13. Snowy egret

    Snowy egret

    A snowy egret wading
  14. snowy egret

    snowy egret

  15. Screenshot_20210903-175540_Gallery.jpg

    Screenshot_20210903-175540_Gallery.jpg

    Snowy egret, a species of Herons(Ardeidae) Also known as: Snowy heron, Brewster's egret, Little white egret ...
  16. Great and snowy egret

    Great and snowy egret

    A snowy egret imitating a great egret
  17. Snowy egret

    Snowy egret

    A snowy egret
  18. GREEN HARON AND SNOWY EGRET--PORT ST LUCIE

    GREEN HARON AND SNOWY EGRET--PORT ST LUCIE

    These two beauties were sitting across from each other at a inlet to one of the ponds.
  19. Snowy Egret, Breeding Plumage  (Egretta Thula)

    Snowy Egret, Breeding Plumage (Egretta Thula)

    A Snowy Egret in breeding coloration and plumage, from its mask all the way down to its toenails.
  20. Snowy Egret Having Fish for Dinner

    Snowy Egret Having Fish for Dinner

    Snowy Egret Having Fish for Dinner
  21. Snowy_Egret

    Snowy_Egret

    Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Male and female Snowy Egrets take turns incubating their eggs. As one mate takes over for the other, it sometimes presents a stick, almost as if passing a...
  22. Snowy egret flying

    Snowy egret flying

    I cannot get this to be a different species even with the black feet and the aberrant colors of neck and tail. It somehow looks too regular and in the wrong place to be staining?
  23. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

  24. SnowyEgret2.JPG

    SnowyEgret2.JPG

    Snowy Egret
  25. Snowy egret in breeding plumage

    Snowy egret in breeding plumage

    The snowy egret is already a lovely bird, with the white feathers offset by black legs and bill, with bright yellow feet and lore. But during breeding season, they really turn it on with the long whispy feathers on the back, neck, and head, and the lore and feet take on a deep orange to red color
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