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Nyctanassa violacea
I spotted this lovely bird at the same pond where I have been watching geese and ducks. I assume it's a female, because there was another bird in the same tree with her that was putting on a cool display with his feathers (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/243...). I hope I see more of them this season!
Summer residents in this part of GA for breeding only. Their breeding habitat is swamps and marshes from the eastern United States to north-eastern South America. They often nest in colonies, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs.
Spotted at a wooded detention/retention pond in an office building complex in Kennesaw, GA
Spotted on May 18, 2013
Submitted on May 20, 2013
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