Branford, CT

San Francisco Bay Trail, Mountain View, CA

This is a Snowy Egret in mating plumage.

Seen at Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida.

Snowy Egret

From Audubon -

A beautiful, graceful small egret, very active in its feeding behavior in shallow waters. Known by its contrasting yellow feet, could be said to dance in the shallows on golden slippers. The species was slaughtered for its plumes in the 19th century, but protection brought a rapid recovery of numbers, and the Snowy Egret is now more widespread and common than ever. Its delicate appearance is belied by its harsh and raucous calls around its nesting colonies.

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Beautiful and ruffled!

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Taken at Fort De Soto, Florida.

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The rising sun cast a pleasing golden glow on Pond 5 at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona. A lonely snowy egret stayed puffed up against the morning chill. Last week it was near freezing almost every night. No danger of frost this week though.

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Just happened to catch this mid-air collision between a White Ibis and a Snowy Egret at Merritt Island.

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Newark, CA

A great egret hunting right after sunset ✔️

A fish frolics in the pond, oblivious to the Snowy Egret gliding along the waters surface right above him, whom with the precistion and dexterity of a prima ballerina, is about to snatch him up for it's next meal.

This shot was taken from our trip to the DR last December and my favourite image from the week we spent there. Thanks for viewing and have a great weekend!!

The wonderful colours and detail of this Snowy Egret are well shown here. They are great birds to watch and mostly unconcerned when in close contact with humans.

These snowy egrets get rather uppity. At rest, they're feathers fall back in a slicked back fashion. But you often see them all ruffled like this, typically after an altercation with another snowy egret. What a dramatic life!

Snowy Egret on display.

Taken in Florida last November, don't you just love those yellow feet?

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Snowy egrets can be pretty territorial. This guy was fed up with the other egrets in Pond 7, chasing them off with a squawk and a show of his crown of feathers.

Touchdown! Snowy Egret coming in for a landing. I just love how each of those feathers seems to act as an individual control surface to ensure a smooth landing.

Smith Oaks, High Island, Galveston County, Texas

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I thought it was interesting how the refraction of the pond can be seen in the droplet as it falls from the beak of this snowy egret. Fleeting in the material world, enduring in the digital world. Deep, huh?

It's all about looking good and dominating your end of the pond. Snowy egret.

Taken at Fort De Soto, Florida.

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Cried Wallace from the floor of the senate in his deep Louisiana drawl.

Not actually sure what was going on with this guy, but afterward he seemed fine. And the photo made me laugh, so I got something out of it.

A Snowy egret throwing up a shimmering Christmas Tree of lights - fleeting, but beautiful in the late afternoon light of December

Thought this snowy egret looked a bit comical with his feathers blowing in the breeze

The Snowy Egret was hovering on the surface of the water during the entire fishing series.

I'm not usually a fan of shots of bird backends, but I liked the light as this snowy egret left the pond

A peaceful morning with a snowy egret

I thought this snowy egret looked a bit like a sleuth sneaking around in the reeds, keeping an eye out for anyone that might be tailing him.