Posted on 28 July 201718 July 2017 by David Egret with long plume, fishing Little egret fishing, showing its long plume. In Victorian times, the birds were hunted because these plumes were used to decorate ladies’ hats. In 1889 this provoked the founding of the Plumage League, ancestor of today’s RSPB. Post navigationPrevious post: Chicory flowersNext post: Snail on an umbellifer stem