Other Names: American egret, great white egret
Length: 37-41 in.
Wingspan: about 55 in.
Weight: 32-40 oz.
Age: one banded bird recovered after 22 yrs.
Voice: loud, low-pitched croak
Food: fish, frogs, snakes, rats, insects grasshoppers, etc.
Color: all white at all seasons (no color phases), yellow bill; beginning in January both sexes have splendid cape of white plumes growing from the back