
This Snowy Egret was photographed hanging around the fishing pier near the Sanibel Lighthouse by Eileen Goldfinger Sanibel Island, Fla. February 25, 2015 ©
Our “name that bird” contest winner is Mrs. Pegi Costantino of the Ocean Grove Woman’s Club. She will be picking up her prize at Season’s General Store, 69 Main Avenue.
DAVID GROVER and the BIG BEAR BLUEGRASS BAND “Oh, Them Golden Slippers.”
Miss Pegi: The black legs distinguish this bird from the cattle egret.—PG Congratulations Miss Pegi. You win. You will receive a notice from Price Waterhouse about your prize. Now you can no longer say that you “never win anything.”
Cattle Egret
snowy egret
A Snowy Egret. Gorgeous.
That is a snowy egret. The great egret is similar but twice the size. The cattle egret has interesting plumage but also similar.
Miss Pegi
Obviously, it is a Snow bird!