Catching Her Eye - Snowy Egrets at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida T-Shirt

Full disclosure: I have no idea which, if any, of these Snowy Egrets is male or female. That doesn't stop me from anthropomorphising this pair at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.

Snowy Egrets live throughout most of South America, Central America, and Mexico. In the United States, they are primarily found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, up the Atlantic coast to Virginia, and and along the Pacific lowlands north to central California. During breeding season, they can be found as far north as the coastal Rhode Island and up the Pacific coast to northern California, as well as the lower Mississippi valley westward to eastern Texas. They feed in saltmarsh pools, tidal flats and channels, freshwater marshes, swamps, ocean inlets, and lake edges. They eat mostly aquatic animals including fish, frogs, crustaceans, as well as insects and worms.

The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located on Merritt Island Florida, and shares much of it's area...

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