Young Snowy Egrets

[coastalconn]

I love watching Snowy Egrets! They are almost like cartoon characters. These were very small so I'm assuming they are first year...

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Young Snowy reflection by krisinct, on Flickr
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Young snowy in flight by krisinct, on Flickr
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Young Snowy Egret by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[WesternGuy]

CC, neat images - keep them coming. My only comment is that the white balance looks a little off in the first and third ones. My bird book says that the snowy is only about 2 feet in length compared to the Great Egret that can be upwards of 3 feet in length, so maybe these are not juvies, but are regular full grown ones. As well, juvies have greenish-yellow legs, whereas these appear to have more blackish legs, indicative of a full grown bird, except for perhaps, the first one - which brings me to the question - are these all the same bird?

WesternGuy

 

[coastalconn]

I will freely admit I am horrible at post. I set wb manually to direct sunlight in all three. They were taking within a minute. I will revisit wb if I ever figure it out.. These were different birds and I suspect they are young because they were much smaller than the snowies I normally see.. Maybe a touch over 1 foot tall and they were clumsy!