The Snowy Egret is a beautiful white wading bird of the temperate western hemisphere.
The incredible plumes of this bird were once fashionable on ladies hats and the birds were thus almost hunted to extinction.
Classification:
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
Species: E. thula
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Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret kissing its reflection, Palo Alto Baylands. Nature Photography by Greg Cope
This photo from the TrekEarth travel gallery is titled ‘Snowy Egret Photo’. Read more…
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Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. Posted on November 24th, 2008 by David Dilworth. 699. Elkhorn Slough National Wildlife Refuge - California April 2, 2008. This is not one of my better Snowy … Read more…
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Bird Photography Weekly-Snowy Egret « Behind the Bins
I spied this Snowy Egret on the Texas coast in May so the water was not terribly cold, but by the look on its face, it seems to be thinking it. Actually it was really windy and the surf was pre… Read more…
Snowy Egret tops among Maclay students | tallahassee.com …
WFSU news and camera crew paid a visit to the Maclay School Science lab to report on students in kindergarten through fifth-grade voting for Florida’s new state bird. The candidates included the. Read more…

