Instead of Snow, Snowy Egrets

Snowy egret in flight at Wakodahatchee, Florida (photo from Wikimedia Commons)

21 January 2025

It’s Crazy Cold in the U.S. right now. While half the continent is unusually cold a winter storm is sweeping through the deep South. You know it’s wild when there’s a Blizzard Warning in coastal Louisiana today!

National Weather Service Blizzard Warning for the Lake Charles, Louisiana forecast area, 21 Jan 2025, 4:36am CST

Fortunately there’s not much snow in Pittsburgh but it’s cold with a low tonight of -8°F.

Ecco looks at the snow, 20 Jan 2025 (photo from the National Aviary snapshot camera at Univ of Pittsburgh)

But I woke up in South Florida this morning and I feel mighty lucky. My husband and I started planning this trip two months ago and just happened to pick the same week as a continental cold snap.

South Florida is not particularly warm right now and it’s going to rain shower every day but I can’t complain. Instead of snow I’m in the land of snowy egrets. And they don’t care if they get wet.

video embedded from Geoffrey Smith on YouTube

By the time we get back to Pittsburgh the 4-day cold snap will be over. I have no regrets about missing it!

One thought on “Instead of Snow, Snowy Egrets

  1. Well hello, Kate!! You are here with me today and for a few more. It is indeed cold and wet, and far from what we are used to, but it makes for good weather to unclutter closets in my house!! Somehow that is something I do not want to do when sunny and gorgeous! Enjoy your stay, Miss Kate! Have fun with those egrets!

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