Snowy Egret, Egretta Thula - Page 2 (juveniles)

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The top pictures show new downy birds in the nest, above being fed by an adult, left battling with each other, and below an older juvenile begging a parent for food by bill-grabbing. There are pale and dark forms of juveniles of this species, varying by the color of their bills and legs.

The picture above shows a full-grown juvenile "bill-grabbing" a parent, thereby inducing the adult to regurgitate the fish visible in the adult's bill.

This downy chick was on the ground under the palm trees at Palo Alto Baylands, and may have fallen or been pushed out of the nest prematurely.

The pale form of the juvenile, with an almost all-yellow bill, and light green legs. Below, a juvenile looking to be about the same age, with all gray bill and gray and dark-olive legs.

These pictures show fledged juvenile birds away from the nest, one of them in flight.