Photography Kevin Fleming on 22 Apr 2008 09:26 pm

fancy fluffy feathers

Fashion at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century almost caused the end of the Snowy Egret. Their fancy feathers, especially the spring and summer breeding plumage, was the rage for adorning women’s hats and the bird was hunted almost to extinction.

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