Notes ⁶

About a third the size of a Great Egret. Bright white birds with fine, almost gauzy head and back plumes during their breeding season. Have a dark beak and bright yellow feet. When hunting they scootch their yellow feet through the mud in front of them to try and stir up prey.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Emersonik, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_thula_(snowy_egret).jpg
2. (c) Giles Douglas, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_thula_-Mexico-8.jpg
3. (c) Daniel Alexander Carrillo Mtz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/95103016@N04/16818550379/
4. (c) James St. John, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_thula_(snowy_egret)_(Captiva_Island,_Florida,_USA)_1.jpg
5. (c) Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_thula_(Garza_patiamarilla)_(14060157848).jpg
6. Adapted by sea-kangaroo from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egretta_thula

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