Special visitors were spotted in Jungle Country Club Creek this week. Snowy egrets are infrequent guests here, so I was fortunate to get some pictures.
"Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet."
‒ www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/id
I didn't realize that I had taken photos of these attractive birds until I enlarged some of the images. I hope to get better pictures soon ‒ these are not the best resolution.
Update: better pictures in subsequent post (Snowy Egrets Revisited).
John James Audubon's painting of a snowy egret:
