snowy egret — The Chronicler's Tales

The yellow "slippers" on the snowy egrets set them apart from other herons like the great egret. I saw my first snowy egrets in July 2015 at Marine Park in Brooklyn, and spent much of the summer of 2017 watching these beautiful birds with great personalities at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, Wolfe's Pond and Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island, Marine Park, and Pelham Bay Park, near Orchard Beach, in the Bronx.

*Snowy egret, Wolfe's Pond, Staten Island, September 1, 2017*

*Snowy egret, October 19, 2017, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge*

These beautiful birds were so much fun to film. I have posted two videos in the Filming the Feathers series, the first covering July 25, 2015, to September 21, 2017, and Part II from September 29 to October 21, 2017. You can watch them catch and eat fish, and run around, sometimes looking as if they haven't a clue where they're going!

Another Silly Video by Susan Kirby. The snowy egrets (Egretta thula) are delightful herons, somewhat smaller than the great egrets, with black bills and black legs that end abruptly in yellow "slippers." Part I in the Filming the Feathers series shows snowy egrets at Marine Park, Brooklyn; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens; Wolfe's Pond and Lemon Creek Park, Staten Island; and Pelham Bay Park near Orchard Beach, Bronx.

Another Silly Video by Susan Kirby. The snowy egrets (Egretta thula) are herons with personality, somewhat smaller than the great egrets and with black bills and black legs that end abruptly in yellow "slippers." Part II in the Filming the Feathers series shows snowy egrets at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, from September 27 to October 21, 2017.

I took loads of pictures of these photogenic herons. Here are some taken in 2017, and you can see more on the Snowy Egrets page.