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Snowy egret

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Original – Snowy egret is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas. At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand by market hunters as decorations for women's hats.

Reason

EV + HQ

Articles in which this image appears

Snowy egret

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Frank Schulenburg

• Support as nominator – Alborzagros (talk) 12:22, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support. Very good with a nice contrasting background. —Bruce1ee^talk 12:50, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Hubertl (talk) 13:13, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Gorgeous — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:30, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support -- Clear and crisp, well composed. Hafspajen (talk) 13:31, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support reminds me of Gru from Despicable Me (I'd like to stress that this isn't in FP criteria; don't worry if you are nominating something that isn't likely to remind me of Gru; I deal with each nomination on a case by case basis). Belle (talk) 14:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support This is awesome Fredlyfish4 (talk) 01:46, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support Stands out nicely, good detail.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 11:29, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 15:32, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support -- Its beautiful.... DreamSparrow ^Chat 16:36, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Egretta thula at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:26, 22 August 2015 (UTC)