Snowy Egret head plume, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia, USA.

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) are a smaller white heron which can display a feather head plume. Assateague Island is within Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore, USA, and can be reached by road from Chincoteague Island via a bridge over Assateague Channel.