Snowy Egret
Snowy Egrets are beautiful birds with their brilliant white, fluffy plumage and bright yellow feet and facial markings. This one had its mouth open the whole time I was near it, and I wondered if there was something wrong with it that made it unable to close its beak. Egrets hunt by stabbing their prey, so that could be disastrous for this bird. Hopefully it was just reacting to me and showing a bit of alarm over my presence. View large and you can see its skinny tongue!
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egrets are beautiful birds with their brilliant white, fluffy plumage and bright yellow feet and facial markings. This one had its mouth open the whole time I was near it, and I wondered if there was something wrong with it that made it unable to close its beak. Egrets hunt by stabbing their prey, so that could be disastrous for this bird. Hopefully it was just reacting to me and showing a bit of alarm over my presence. View large and you can see its skinny tongue!