Catching this snowy egret displaying its magnificent, lace-like breeding plumes among the marsh reeds 🪶

📍 @houstonaudubon Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
📸 @canonusa R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x

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Watching this green heron work the branches and the shoreline out at the rookery. It successfully secured a quick minnow meal at the water's edge before returning up to its favorite perch 🪶

📍 @houstonaudubon Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
🗓️ Apr 17, 2026 | 🕒 3:19 PM
📸 @canonusa EOS R6 Mark III + RF 200-800 + 1.4x
⚙️ 1120mm | f/13 | 1/200 | ISO 12800

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