R.E.Johnson 1967 Snowy Egret March 19 Stinson Beach, Marin Co., California - waterways next to mad flats exposed by low tide north of stinson beach. Three feed in shallow water among American Egrets (the latter being more numerous). Snowy Egrets will run through water after food before stabbing at it (Amer. Egret walks more slowly - "stalkng" in most cases. Great Blue still The Heron appears slower than the Amer. Egret). June 8 Stinson Beach, Marin Co., California (cont.) In grading a Zoo 107B Term Project by Richard Dehlinger, who studied the three species of Ardeidae in this same area, I note the following points: 1 Bolinas lagoon is deeper at its northern end & greater numbers of birds occur their. 2 Snowy Egrets were not seen in adjacent marshy areas (other species were). 3 Snowy Egrets feed more rapidly than the other species and will chase food rather than let food come to them 4 They wade in narrow streams or channels where their feed scare up prey which can't escape to the side to to channel width & this facilitates feeding 5 pairs feed together in "teamwork". Each scaring up feed with its feet for the other.