Continuing with our July 4th riverside walk, we found many Snow Egrets along the South Platte. After trolling through the mud, the egret on the left had just caught a crawdad. One may see the crawdad in the egret’s bill.
Near Reynold’s Landing, another Snowy Egret was rock hopping close to the water’s edge. The Snowy Egret can be distinguished from other egrets by their yellow feet.
Here this egret is wading among the rocks. This bird is in its breeding plumage, with those long plumes on its chest, neck and rump.
As the egret was rock hopping, it had stopped behind the foreground rock, with its bill partly open. Maybe it had just caught some prey?
Here is the final image of the Snowy Egret, looking down into the water below the frame.
Enjoy.