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Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula) have been reported to use an assortment of foraging behaviors previously defined by Kushlan (1976), Willard (1977), Kasner and Dixon (2003), and Kelly et al. (2003). Kelly et al. (2003) described 34 foraging behaviors, of which Snowy Egrets used 29, detailing their plasticity when feeding. Swimming feeding remains one of the five published wading bird foraging behaviors that Snowy Egrets have not been documented using, although Great Egrets (Ardea alba), Great Blue Herons (A. herodias), Tricolored Herons (E. tricolor), and Green Herons (Butorides virescens) have used this behavior (Kushlan 1976, Willard 1977, Kasner and Dixon 2003, Kelly et al. 2003).
We observed five Snowy Egrets swimming feeding on 23...
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