Art

Paintings By Diane Stewart

Egret & Crab	Egret Family
Egret & Palms	Night Goddess

Flickr group:Cranes, Herons and Egrets: Flickr is a group for sharing images over the web. Recommended for any photographer.
Anna Palmer's Photos: Anna is a society member who designed the rookery interpretive signs. Her beautiful Flickr photos feature birds from our very own rookery. Note the amazing photos of chicks on nests, obtained without disturbing the nests in any way.

Symbolism of Egrets etc. in various cultures: How Ancient Greeks, American Indians, Chinese, and others feel about birds like ours
Some Poems by Mary Oliver: Egret Poems
Poems by Wendell Berry: The Heron, The Peace of Wild Things, The Vacation
Snowy Egret story from Roy Bedicheck: Great story about the need of gregarious creatures like us for our own kind (or at least, a reasonable approximation). Taken from a Texas classic, "Adventures with a Texas Naturalist"