Snowy Egret
Visited Burnham Prairie Sunday before the storms and saw that the pair of snowy egrets are still there. They usually hang back, barely visible from the entrance road but after ten minutes or so they both flew in much closer in a nearby marshy area.
They only stayed for a few minutes and quickly flew back to their original positions but I was lucky enough to get a few shots. One thing I did notice when they were wading through the water looking for food, they would shimmy their feet as walked along, i'm guessing to stir up some food from the mud? I thought that was interesting as I never seen great egrets or herons do that before.
Snowy Egret
Visited Burnham Prairie Sunday before the storms and saw that the pair of snowy egrets are still there. They usually hang back, barely visible from the entrance road but after ten minutes or so they both flew in much closer in a nearby marshy area.
They only stayed for a few minutes and quickly flew back to their original positions but I was lucky enough to get a few shots. One thing I did notice when they were wading through the water looking for food, they would shimmy their feet as walked along, i'm guessing to stir up some food from the mud? I thought that was interesting as I never seen great egrets or herons do that before.