Showing posts with label Egretta thula. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egretta thula. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

How to Tell a Great Egret from a Snowy Egret (and others)

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If you have trouble distinguishing between heron species, you are not alone! It helps though, if two of the species happen to be foraging ...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Dabbling in the Mud: Snowy Egret on the Tuolumne River

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I was walking the Tuolumne River the other morning, and saw a Snowy Egret searching for food in the shallows. They have an interesting way o...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Snowy Egrets Foraging at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge

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One of the most beautiful birds to be found in our area (and one of my favorite blog subjects ) is the Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ). Ther...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Snowy Egret on the CSU Stanislaus Campus

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What a treat last night! I'm back to work teaching classes, including an evening course at CSU Stanislaus. There's a large pond be...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

A Bird Worth Its Weight in Gold: Snowy Egret at CSU Stanislaus

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Fashion can be a horrible thing. Actually it kind of always is a horrible thing, especially as it applies to animals. Beavers were practic...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Snowy Egrets at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge

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Thousands of Sandhill Cranes are already in residence, but tens of thousands of Ross's Geese and Snow Geese have yet to arrive. So the...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Snowy Egret at CSU Stanislaus

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We've met this beautiful bird before . It's a Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) that lives in the pond outside my office at California...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Bird of the Day: Snowy Egret at CSU Stanislaus

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There is a Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) who hangs out near the pond outside my office at CSU Stanislaus. Though not at all tame, it toler...