Representatives from local environmental groups voted for the reddish egret to be the subject of Galveston's Washed Ashore ...

John James Audubon, the pre-eminent 19th-century painter of birds, considered the snowy egret to be one of America’s surpassingly beautiful species. The egret, he noted, was also abundant.

communications and outreach manager for Indiana Audubon, says. “They’re very stocky and short-necked compared to some of the other herons and egrets, like the great blue heron or the great ...