Monday, August 31, 2009
This was almost a new bird to me, or so I thought. When I first saw it, I thought Snowy right off but then I noticed that the coloring was off. The face was too pale a yellow and those legs were wrong as well. Snowys have black legs and bright neon yellow feet. So I got a little excited, thinking I had something new. Of course, when I got home and flipped through some field guides, it appeared that my initial guess was correct. But, as you know, I am no birder, and am often hesitant to trust my guesses so I sent it out to some of my birder friends and Luci of Four Harbors Audubon Society confirmed that this bird is indeed a juvenile Snowy Egret. I was still pretty happy because it gave me another edition of This Years Model. JK
…nice photos of the Snowy. I would have checked on those feet/legs also. I’m not super familiar with Snowy Egrets–don’t see too many around Cincy.
Hi Kelly. We get plenty of Snowys over here. There’s a large mixed flock of Great and Snowy Egrets that summer on the Nissequogue River each year. JK