Snowy Egret: Identification and hunting behaviors to look for!

[@leespencer1042]

Hi. Really enjoyed your Snowy Egret video from Sandy Hook, NJ. We have become acquainted with the Snowy Egret and the Great white Egret in Venice Rookery and Fort De Soto County Park in FL. It is amazing to watch them, to see their beauty, behavior and their range...all the beautiful places to see them!😊

[@natureatyourdoor]

Sounds like a great place. I need to get down to Florida to visit.

[@lauradickson9758]

Thanks so much for this great info. We were fortunate enough to see a great white egret hunting recently on our trip to Jekyll Island, Ga. Your info helped me to go back and identify him in the pics I had from the trip.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Thats awesome! I have been down to Tybee Island...i need to go to Jekyll Island next!

[@judyfinnegan6225]

Dear Frank , thanks for sharing your childhood memory ! Love it!!! Pretty scenery & a very SPECIAL bird! Take care now & be safe! 🙂

[@natureatyourdoor]

I was hoping you would like this one Judy. I recently purchased this sony rx10 with a 600 mm zoom to do more bird videos. This is my first with new camera!

[@judyfinnegan6225]

@@natureatyourdoor congratulations on your NEW CAMERA! 🌝

[@carmennunnally9847]

They are so pretty. I love the top of their heads and I hope they don't get extinct.

[@natureatyourdoor]

They are doing pretty well right now. Carmen. We just need to preserve their coastal habitats!

[@benmoffitt7524]

They are beautiful birds and stealthy too! Thanks for sharing this!

[@natureatyourdoor]

HI Ben, you are wecome! Stealthy is a great word to describe their behavior!

[@jasonwolfe9892]

I have a huge wetland area near me called the Alabama Swamps in WNY. Lots of migratory birds will stop there. I’ve scene snowy egrets there along with many others. Eastern Bitterns are also fun to watch.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Hi Jason! Thanks for share! Sound like a place I need to visit!

[@brianquilty687]

17 years ago my wife and I drove to visit the Great Lakes. We ended up on the Canadian side of Lake Erie. While there, we went to Peele Island which is a bird hot spot during migration. We were amazed at how many " Birder's " with huge camera lenses we saw there. That was where I saw my first Great White Egret. Many years later we saw Great White Egret in southern Texas in October on their migration heading south.

[@natureatyourdoor]

They are MAGNIFICENT birds arent they Brian! I never tire of observing them!

[@ginafriend1690]

Hi Frank 😊 Such high and wide steppers! Great info and camerawork capturing! Pretty birds. I'm big on watching my songbirds and hummingbirds in my own backyard. It's so comforting and beautiful 😍

[@natureatyourdoor]

Hi Gina! Ha, yes MEGAFAUNA! I am enjoying a myriad of birds at our backystd feeder too! Gold finches, 3 different wood peckers...tufted titmice and more!

[@Wondering_About_Nature]

Looking forward to their return any day now! I always thought their feet look like those school bus yellow boots I wore as a child. My favorite Egret is the Cattle Egret. I see them once in awhile but not as much as the Snowy Egret. Such a fun bird to watch.

[@natureatyourdoor]

School bus yellow boots!!🙂👍

[@MarkWysocki-i1y]

Sangheili turian be jealous. Just walking around down here with awesome feathers.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Right? 🙂

[@sfisher5070]

Love these birds! Thanks for sharing, Frank! We will be looking for the snowy egret when we go to Ocean Isle in June!

[@natureatyourdoor]

You are welcome! They are anazing! Take photos and share! 😊

[@NatureAndOther]

Great capture and very nice New Yirk skyline too. There is the same or look alike bird In UK called Little Egret....not sure if they are same. The big white Egret looks and acts like the blue/grey heron.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Yes....they are fun to watch too...they will lean so far!!! Ospreys and american oyster catcher episodes to come...i have a backlog of 15 episodes of flora and fauna making spring appearances!

[@Lammero]

Little egrets grow seasonal pigtails, that's the major difference I think

[@NatureAndOther]

@@Lammero thanks

[@joannens6011]

Thanks for making all this content! Lovely video!

[@natureatyourdoor]

You are welcome Joanne!

[@martinbunning1682]

Tyvm

[@natureatyourdoor]

You are welcome!,

[@technodrone313]

egrets are ballers

[@natureatyourdoor]

Ha! 🙂