Wildlife Feature | Snowy Egrets

The snowy egret is a small white heron native to North, Central and South America.

They can be found in wetlands like marshes, riverbanks, lakesides, pools, salt marshes and estuaries - where they’ll feed on fish, crustaceans, insects, tiny reptiles, snails, frogs, worms and crayfish.

They'll stalk prey in shallow water, often chasing after it or shuffling their feet, flashing prey into view by swaying their heads, flicking their wings or as seen in this video - vibrating their bills.

Their unique s-shaped neck only bends vertically, but not side to side.

The beautiful plumage of egrets was once hunted to decorate women’s hats - which brought the population down to extremely low levels. Now, they’re protected in the US by law under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and are now thriving.

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Shot on a Fujifilm X-T3 using the XF 100-400mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.

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