
The sun was out the other day at Ferrari Pond. The ponds, many like this one filled only recently by the unrelenting rains just days before, were filled with birds, including about a half dozen Snowy Egrets. Snowy Egrets swish their feet in shallow ponds to stir up small fish, crustaceans, and whatever it is that this Snowy is gulping down. It doesn’t seem to have fins or a tail like a tiny fish or claws and legs like a tiny crawdad. As soon as the Snowy Egret swallowed its mystery meal, it returned to swishing its feet in the shallow water to find something else to gulp down.