Snowy Egret

1831 CE - 2017 CE

“Populations have rebounded from severe losses that happened in the late nineteenth century, when masses of Snowy Egrets were killed for their long breeding plumes. Concerned citizens curtailed the plume trade....Once safe from plume hunters, Snowy Egrets rebounded in numbers and even extended their original range. They can be found throughout the U.S, with the exception of some of the more northern states, Central, and South America. Their biggest continuing threat is habitat loss: more than 100 million acres of wetlands in the U.S. have been drained since colonial times.”

Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Image: Jeffery Scism, CC BY-NC-ND 2.