Snowy Egret – A Twisting, Turning Takeoff (and a defense of “common species”)
I suppose that my post this morning is my petulant way of responding to something I saw posted on Facebook last night that raised my hackles a bit.
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Snowy Egret – “Golden Slippers” Running On Water
The distinctive bright yellow feet and deeply contrasting jet-black legs of the Snowy Egret can really grab your eye when they’re visible above the water’s surface or even when the egret is in flight – so much so that both the bird and its feet are often referred to as “golden slippers”.
A Mother’s Day Tribute To Two Women Who Saved Many Of Our Birds
Snowy Egrets are spectacularly beautiful birds that we came very near to losing. In the early 1800s birds in North America were so numerous that John James Audubon insisted that no act of man could ever wipe a species out, including the Snowy Egret – yet by 1913 the Snowy Egret was flirting with extinction. The cause? – lady’s hats.
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Snowy Egret – “Golden Slippers” Running On Water
The distinctive bright yellow feet and deeply contrasting jet-black legs of the Snowy Egret can really grab your eye when they’re visible above the water’s surface or even when the egret is in flight – so much so that both the bird and its feet are often referred to as “golden slippers”.
A Mother’s Day Tribute To Two Women Who Saved Many Of Our Birds
Snowy Egrets are spectacularly beautiful birds that we came very near to losing. In the early 1800s birds in North America were so numerous that John James Audubon insisted that no act of man could ever wipe a species out, including the Snowy Egret – yet by 1913 the Snowy Egret was flirting with extinction. The cause? – lady’s hats.