Snowy Egret Plumes
by Wes and Dotty Weber
Title
Snowy Egret Plumes
Artist
Wes and Dotty Weber
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The snowy egret, Egretta thula is a small white heron. The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret.
The snowy egret is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret, which has become established in the Bahamas. At one time, the plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand as decorations for women's hats. They were hunted for these plumes and 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.
Adult snowy egrets are entirely white apart from the yellow lores between the long black bill and the eye, black legs, and bright yellow feet. The nape and neck bear long, shaggy plumes. Immature snowy egrets have duller, greenish legs.
Uploaded
February 4th, 2022
Embed
Share
Similar Images
Comments (5)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Jeff Burgess
Thank you for this submission to the Pacific Northwest Artists (PNA) group. Your artistic creation has been featured on the home page. This art represents the best of us so a well-deserved “congratulations”. For permanence and additional exposure, please place your art piece in the “Discussion” section titled: featured in 2022.
Recently Viewed
