{"id":8928,"date":"2020-07-28T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2020-07-27T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T04:04:41","slug":"and-now-snowy-egrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/and-now-snowy-egrets\/","title":{"rendered":"And Now&#8230; Snowy Egrets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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&#8217;s bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0117-Snowy-Egret-Catching-Crawdad.jpg\" alt=\"2476-0117-Snowy-Egret-Catching-Crawdad\" class=\"wp-image-8922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0117-Snowy-Egret-Catching-Crawdad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0117-Snowy-Egret-Catching-Crawdad-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Egret, Catching Crawdad.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Near Reynold&#8217;s Landing, another Snowy Egret was rock hopping close to the water&#8217;s edge. The Snowy Egret can be distinguished from other egrets by their yellow feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0253-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Rock-Hopping.jpg\" alt=\"2476-0253-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Rock-Hopping\" class=\"wp-image-8923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0253-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Rock-Hopping.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0253-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Rock-Hopping-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Egret, No 2, Rock Hopping.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0255-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Wading.jpg\" alt=\"2476-0255-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Wading\" class=\"wp-image-8924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0255-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Wading.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0255-Snowy-Egret-No-2-Wading-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Egret, No 2, Wading.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0263-Snowy-Egret-Behind-Rock.jpg\" alt=\"2476-0263-Snowy-Egret-Behind-Rock\" class=\"wp-image-8925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0263-Snowy-Egret-Behind-Rock.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0263-Snowy-Egret-Behind-Rock-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Egret,  Behind Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the final image of the Snowy Egret, looking down into the water below the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0264-Snowy-Egret-On-Rock.jpg\" alt=\"2476-0264-Snowy-Egret-On-Rock\" class=\"wp-image-8926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0264-Snowy-Egret-On-Rock.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2476-0264-Snowy-Egret-On-Rock-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Egret, On Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our July 4th riverside walk, we found many Snow Egrets along the South Platte. 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