Sweet Ballet

by Judi Dressler

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Sweet Ballet

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Judi Dressler

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Some Snowy Egrets were hunting small fish on the beach in San Pancho, a small town in western Mexico. The egrets were amazingly agile, jumping this way and that, and this one performed the best feat of all, snatching a little fish right out of the water while flying over!

Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Those feet seem to play a role in stirring up or herding small aquatic animals as the egret forages. Breeding Snowy Egrets grow filmy, curving plumes that once fetched astronomical prices in the fashion industry, endangering the species. Early conservationists rallied to protect egrets by the early twentieth century, and this species is once again a common sight in shallow coastal wetlands.

Photo taken on November 20, 2022, in San Pancho (San Francisco), Nayarit, Mexico

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