Other Names: little snowy, lesser egret
Length: 22-26 in.
Wingspan: 38-45 in.
Weight: up to about 13 oz.
Age: one in captivity aged at 16 yrs.
Voice: very noisy at start of breeding season in nesting colonies
Food: stirs bottom of shallows with one foot and catches small fish, shrimps, crayfishes, etc.; also grasshoppers and aquatic insects.
Color: all white with black bill, black legs and bright yellow feet; spotless white plumage in breeding season, adorned with waving nuptial plumes