Literature

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”