The Snowy egret is a carnivore (meat eater) that eats in shallow water, eating fish, crabs, crayfish, insects, reptiles and rodents. The snowy egret picks up what he/she is going to eat and swallows it whole.
Habitat
Snowy egrets live in swamps, wet meadows, and sloughs. They are rare so they are hard to find.
Appearance/Nesting Habits
The snowy egret is all white with small black eyes. It has a long black beak and small stubby black legs with yellow feet.
The snowy egret has 2-6 pale blue-green eggs. You might find their nest site in a tree or a shrub.
Oregon Locations
The snowy egret is uncommon in summer in the Harney Basin. In the 1970's the population ranged between 40-140 pairs. In 1984, 108 nests were located in two colonies. At Crump Lake in the Warner Basin, Lake County, a colony of about 100 pairs persisted until the late 1960's.
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