snowy egret

noun

: a white American egret (Egretta thula) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet

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Recent Examples on the Web 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 Catherine Garcia / The Week The Napa River winds its way through the city, and is an excellent place for wildlife watching, with snowy egrets and deer regularly spotted along the banks. —

Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Aug. 2023 At Plum Island, a Caspian tern, a black tern, two royal terns, a glaucous gull, and a possible hybrid of a little egret with a snowy egret. —

Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023 Seven snowy egrets at Round Hill Beach in Dartmouth and a palm warbler at the Mill Brook Bogs Wildlife Management Area in Freetown. —

Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for snowy egret

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