Egrets

Great Egrets (American Egrets)

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Egret feathers used to bring $30.00 per ounce when sold to decorate ladies hats and accessories.

Federal laws banning the slaughtering of these birds

saved them from extinction.

The Great Egret has jet-black legs

and a yellow beak.

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