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.

FREMONT, CA — Henry Shen shared some photos he took recently of beautiful Great Egrets at San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. His photos also captured Snowy Egrets and a Great Blue Heron.