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Ardea alba
White with orange-yellow beak, long neck, and long black legs
Lake
this is the Great Egret as Saint Shrike suggests. You can update the species information for this sighting. You can also, if you'd like, add this to the "Hunters & Animal Food Habits" mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8463..., "Birds of the World" mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/5033...
"Louisiana Wild" mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8184...
"Gulf Coast Wild" mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1049...