When I see snowy egrets flying, I always notice that they have bright yellow feet. ... They are about half the size of their taller cousins, the great blue heron and the great egret.

The Audubon Society, established in 1905 for the conservation of waterbirds and to oppose the feather trade, adopted the image of a flying great egret as its symbol in 1953. Great egrets have ...

Like his counterparts in Burleson, Lirette wants Fort Worth residents to report cattle egret sightings, as well as sightings of yellow-crowned herons, snowy egrets, little blue herons and great ...

Great egrets prefer shallower waters, unlike their cousins, the great blue herons, which can wander into deeper wetlands and remain here sometimes even in winter if food is available.