Snowy Egret In Shallow Water (Egretta thula)

            JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Sanibel Island, Florida
USA

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The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. The snowy egret is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas. At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand by market hunters as decorations for women's hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels. Now protected in the United States by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird's population has rebounded.

Snowy egrets nest in colonies on thick vegetation in isolated places, such as barrier islands, dredge-spoil islands, salt marsh islands, swamps, and marshes. Their clutch size is between two to six eggs. They often change location from year to year.

During the breeding season, snowy egrets feed in estuaries, saltmarshes, tidal channels, shallow bays, and mangroves. They winter in mangroves, saltwater lagoons, freshwater swamps, grassy ponds, and temporary pools, and forage on beaches, shallow reefs, and wet fields. 

The snowy egret eats mostly aquatic animals, including fish, frogs, worms, crustaceans, and insects. It often uses its bright yellow feet to paddle in the water or probe in the mud, rounding up prey before striking with its bill. Snowy egrets feed while standing, walking, running, or hopping, and they may vibrate their bills, sway their heads, or flick their wings as part of prey gathering. – Wikipedia

Taken in: United States / Florida / Sanibel (show map)

Taken on: March 28, 2019

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Similar To Old World Little Egret

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Protected Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Numbers Rebounded

Nest In Colonies

Thick Vegetation

Barrier Islands

Dredge-spoil Islands

Salt Marsh Islands

Swamps

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Frogs

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Feed While Standing

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Hopping

Prefer Brackish

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Shallow Water

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