Snowy Fishing
by Deborah Benoit
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Snowy Fishing
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Deborah Benoit
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Photograph - Original Photography By Deborah Benoit
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This is a Snowy Egret in Port Orange, Florida fishing in a pond. They can be very active when they fish.
Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Those feet seem to play a role in stirring up or herding small aquatic animals as the egret forages. Breeding Snowy Egrets grow filmy, curving plumes that once fetched astronomical prices in the fashion industry, endangering the species. Early conservationists rallied to protect egrets by the early twentieth century, and this species is once again a common sight in shallow coastal wetlands.
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November 21st, 2022
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is among the features for 11/23/2022! Thank you for sharing with the Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the November 2022 Features discussion for additional visibility.
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