Bay Photos by Donna

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What a lovely surprise to find this Snowy Egret below the Eastern Neck bridge at low tide when I was departing the refuge the other day!

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Snowy Egret

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Our Chesapeake Bay resident egrets have mostly migrated south to warmer regions for the winter.  This Snowy is possibly on migration from further north of us and taking time for a food fuel-up and rest at the refuge.

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Snowy Egret

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Don’t you just love those golden slippers?!! 

With a glance in the above photo, you can see the back of this egret’s legs are also yellow.  This egret swishes its feet in the water, using those bright yellow toes as worm lures to bait fish.

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Well, Hello There!

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On a side note, I have worked with WP Chat and have made some changes to my site settings.  I am not optimistic just yet, but we will see.  For those of you who have been having problems commenting on my blog, would you try again to see if the commenting issue still exists?  Can you comment without using WP Reader?  Or must you use WP Reader still?  I appreciate your assistance, my friends!

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