Talk:Snowy egret

Untitled
Do males and females look alike? please answer ASAP

Unencyclopedic
Some parts of this article are in a rather unencyclopedic style, e.g.:


 * To see these behaviors I refer you to photographs at the web site of Peter Wallack, Birds of Sanibel, http://birdsofsanibel.free.fr/ ; these photographs can be place here and are free to use by any other non-profit environmental education effort.

Use of first person is odd, and I suggest moving the link to a Reference section, rather than saying: "I refer you to". Certainly, discussion of the licensing of the photographs does not belong in the article itself! Also:


 * Encouraging the protection and conservation of the remaining fresh-water and offshore islands, will help snowy egrets as other wildlife. To reduce disturbance to colonial nesting birds avoid travel and recreation near nesting areas during the breeding season. Do not allow pets to roam freely in coastal or wetland habitats.

This sort of directive for how the reader should behave is certainly not NPOV—I think it should be removed entirely. —johndburger 13:49, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Agree - do it jimfbleak 18:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Done! —johndburger 00:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Main ID photo swap
I just edited the page to replace the current princpal ID photo, File:Egretta_thula_-Berkeley_-California_-USA-8.jpg with File:SnowyEgret-Florida.jpg. Full disclosure, the new photo is one of my own. I don't think this is self-promotion - I believe the new photo is clearer, shows the colours of plumage and feet more accurately, and represents a posture people are more likely to actually observe in the wild. Nevertheless, I'm open to the possibility that I am biased. If others think the original should be restored, please lmk. --Johnath (talk) 02:31, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Not 3.75 kilograms
The weight can be of course about 375 g. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.129.241.130 (talk) 19:38, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

what a snowy egrets body structure like? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.13.161.131 (talk) 23:39, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Weight question at OTRS
We have received an e-mail at OTRS questioning whether 3.75 kilograms (8.3 lb) is correct for the weight of this bird. Would someone please investigate? Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 15:07, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wrong by a factor of 10, amended to 375 g (0.83 lb)  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  19:52, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent, for the speedy answer.--ukexpat (talk) 20:26, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Map of range is out of date
Per List of birds of Ontario, based on the Ontario Bird Records Committee, southern Ontario is now part of the snowy egret's breeding range. I became curious after I spotted one myself, a couple of years back, in the Humber River (Ontario) (that is certainly an egret, no question, but don't they live in Florida?). So I looked it up in various sources, and found that it is now considered a native bird in Ontario. - Tenebris 66.11.165.101 (talk) 22:39, 12 September 2022 (UTC)


 * It is indeed out of date, but even the IUCN doesn't have the range going into Canada. - UtherSRG (talk) 22:59, 12 September 2022 (UTC)