“The snowy egret often hunts by shuffling its feet back and forth in the water, stirring things up so it can eat them.”

“Out there, among the cypress and the palm, where the alligator solitarily glides and the egret sails in chevron, sanctuary beckoned.”

“It was one of the trees that often allowed a heron or egret a perch during the summer, but they were all gone now.”

“The island also attracts a variety of wading birds such as herons and egrets and many songbirds.”

“And the Airport Marsh harbored a multitude of ducks, coots, egrets, herons, and rails.”

“Near sunset, flocks of white and black egrets flew in to settle in the tangled mangrove branches above.”