Snowy Egrets are a lot of fun to watch when they are fishing. Unlike their larger counterpart, the Great Egret, the Snowy Egret moves around in what appears to be quick, frantic movements while they fish. The Great Egrets tend to stay in one place and have a much more patient, methodical manner of fishing. One of the more striking characteristic differences is that Snowy Egrets have yellow feet and black bills while the Great Egrets have black feet and yellow bills. From my 7-18-2009 trip to Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ.
For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/.
For more information on Snowy Egrets, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
