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021016MexicoTripMP3221

SHOT 2/8/16 9:33:40 AM - A snowy egret scans the Rio Cuale in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico while standing on a rock and fishing for food. The snowy egret is a small white heron. The genus name comes from the Provençal French for the little egret Aigrette, a diminutive of Aigron," heron". The birds eat fish, crustaceans, insects, small reptiles, snails, frogs, worms, mice and crayfish. They stalk prey in shallow water, often running or shuffling their feet, flushing prey into view, as well "dip-fishing" by flying with their feet just over the water. Snowy egrets may also stand still and wait to ambush prey, or hunt for insects stirred up by domestic animals in open fields. (Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2016)

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SHOT 2/8/16 9:33:40 AM - A snowy egret scans the Rio Cuale in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico while standing on a rock and fishing for food. The snowy egret is a small white heron. The genus name comes from the Provençal French for the little egret Aigrette, a diminutive of Aigron," heron". The birds eat fish, crustaceans, insects, small reptiles, snails, frogs, worms, mice and crayfish. They stalk prey in shallow water, often running or shuffling their feet, flushing prey into view, as well "dip-fishing" by flying with their feet just over the water. Snowy egrets may also stand still and wait to ambush prey, or hunt for insects stirred up by domestic animals in open fields. (Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2016)