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A heron that found a better stylist and never looked back.
means A slender, usually white heron, prized for the long, delicate plumes it grows during breeding season.
from From French 'aigrette,' meaning both 'the bird' and 'a tuft of feathers used as an ornament' — itself from Old French 'aigron,' a cousin of 'heron.' The feather sense later looped back into English, so 'aigrette' now also names the diamond-and-plume hair ornaments fashionable in past centuries, directly inspired by the bird's own showy breeding plumes.
- name origin
- French aigrette, meaning the showy breeding plumes
- fashion victim
- nearly hunted extinct for hat feathers in 1800s
- conservation legacy
- outrage over plume trade helped spark the Audubon Society
- hunting style
- stands frozen, then strikes faster than you can blink