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snowy egret egretta thula

  1. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

    Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

    Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) (ssp thula)
  2. Snowy Egret - on the beach

    Snowy Egret - on the beach

    Snowy Egret, Smyrna, Florida.
  3. Snowy Egret - on the beach

    Snowy Egret - on the beach

    Snowy Egret - Smyrna, Florida
  4. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    Taken late in the afternoon when I found a roosting area for a huge flock of Snowy Egrets. This was one of the first one to arrive and claim his spot.
  5. Sentry duty again

    Sentry duty again

  6. Snowy Egret, Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret, Egretta thula

    The traces of yellow on the legs show this is a young bird, at maturity the legs will be black, and only the feet will remain bright yellow. Small fresh water ponds near the salt marshes are great places to find wading birds, they drink and bathe in them. High tide in the marshes brings water...
  7. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Waiting for prey
  8. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Young birds, the yellow on the legs will turn black at maturity. The feet will remain yellow. Snowies are usually territorial and demand elbow room, these may be nest mates.
  9. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    This Snowy Egret was hunting something small, I never could get a look at what it was catching.
  10. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    This is a fresh water pond. The tide was too high to feed in the marsh and these Snowy Egrets came to drink and have a bath.
  11. Snowy Egret portrait

    Snowy Egret portrait

    Sometimes a larger bird gets too close for the digi-scoper to frame the scene, so best we can do is a portrait. Didn't expect much when I shot it, so pleased to see the result. The Snowy Egret is endlessly entertaing, as it usually ignores us bipeds as it concentrates on foraging in shallow...
  12. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    The yellow legs indicate a young bird, the legs will turn black with age, and the feet will remain bright yellow.
  13. Snowy Egret, Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret, Egretta thula

    This bird was looking for nest material to repair, or perhaps build a nest. We've had unusually heavy rains and a lot of chicks have been killed. They can't regulate body temperature very well and chill easily. There is still time for the birds to replace the losses.
  14. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    This Egret is offering the stick it holds to a prospective mate, for nest building material.
  15. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    I tell ya what, the kids and their hair these days is just outrageous. LOL
  16. Snowy Egret Shuffle

    Snowy Egret Shuffle

    The Snowy Egret is one of a number of birds that have learned to increase their chance of finding prey by shuffling a foot in the mud or sand. Have seen this with Ring-billed Gulls and other species. Always fun to watch, but difficult to capture in a still photo.
  17. Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Snowy Egret Egretta thula

    Breeding plumage, nest building is under way here.
  18. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

  19. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

  20. Snowy egret - disagreement

    Snowy egret - disagreement

    Small white, black bill, black legs and yellow feet.
  21. Snowy egret - Karate Kid crane prose

    Snowy egret - Karate Kid crane prose

    Small white, black bill, black legs and yellow feet. In memory of Pat Morita RIP. "The crane."
  22. Dominant Snowy egret

    Dominant Snowy egret

    Small delicate white heron with slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet. Long lacy plumes on its back in breeding season.
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