Possible Clues:

• Bird with beautiful plumes
• Snowy Floridian?
• Wading bird, for example, on end of boat
• Feel sorry for headless bird
• Great white ___
• Lesser white heron
• Snow-colored shore bird
• Get her onto new way to say hello
• One might be able to greet this in an airy fashion
• Show contrition, having run off with leggy bird