Compared to the patience of the Great, the Snowy Egret’s feeding method is frenetic with leg shaking, fast walking and spearing anything in sight.

Right where he would walk along the shore and feed on small fish, there now floats a dock. This is permitted by Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection.

It is a very calm and warm low-tide summer morning here on the Long Island Sound’s north shore, feeding time for Great Egrets.

Rare footage because usually these herons don’t stand around very long in one place. Tall size, gray color, white about head, long black plumes mark this bird.

“golden slippers” is marked by a slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet. When feeding, rushes about shuffling feet to stir up food.

Every late afternoon in the summer the Great Egrets stop here to catch fish for dinner. Depending on the tide, the time varies between 4:00 and 8:00 PM.

The water temperature is now around 64 F degrees. The water depth here is about 2 feet and with their razor-like vision they can still spot fish swimming around .

On a warm foggy Spring morning this Great Egret spears a fish, and then spends around 5 minutes positioning the tasty catch for the difficult swallow down its long neck.

The Long Island Sound is the habitat for Great Egrets during the summer. Low-tide is a good time to walk along the mudflat and catch fish.

The Great Egret has plumes during the breeding season. The yellow bill, and black feet and legs mark this bird.