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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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