Viewing Egrets as Fine Art Subjects
<p>These birds are members of the heron family. The twelve egret species are long-legged wading birds.</p>
<p>The English word “egret” comes from the French word <em>aigrette</em>. It refers to the egret’s long plume feathers that decorate hats or jewelry pieces that imitate a plume.</p>
<p>Because of the beauty of egret plumes, milliners embellished hats with them during the Victorian era. To feed this fashion craze, hunters harvested millions of wild birds for their feathers.</p>
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