snowy egret
noun
: a white American egret (Egretta thula) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet
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Long-legged wading birds, including white ibis, great egret, snowy egret and little blue heron have tripled their populations in the floodplain.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Great blue herons, green herons, great egrets, snowy egrets, dunlins, sanderlings and other sorts of shorebirds abound, making for great photography, as well.
—USA Today, 11 June 2025
For instance, a four-mile meander atop the rocky coastline at Estero Bluffs State Park is replete with sightings of otters, harbor seals, and snowy egrets.
—Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2024
Not only that, but the resort has proposed several 4-foot-wide informational signs, including one that explains the sea level rise challenges facing Mission Bay and another identifying the various birds local to Mission Bay, from the great blue heron to the snowy egret.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Great blue herons, green herons, great egrets, snowy egrets, dunlins, sanderlings and other sorts of shorebirds abound, making for great photography, as well.
—USA Today, 11 June 2025
For instance, a four-mile meander atop the rocky coastline at Estero Bluffs State Park is replete with sightings of otters, harbor seals, and snowy egrets.
—Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2024
Not only that, but the resort has proposed several 4-foot-wide informational signs, including one that explains the sea level rise challenges facing Mission Bay and another identifying the various birds local to Mission Bay, from the great blue heron to the snowy egret.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Snowy egret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowy%20egret. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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