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Egretta rufescens
Medium-sized egret (about 2.5ft tall). Known for its feeding dance. Pictured individual is either a juvenile intermediate (Dark x White hybrid) or an Abberant/Leucistic dark morph in nonbreeding plumage. Spotted in Fort Georgie Inlet, in Florida, near Little Talbot Island in 2009, just below the Georgia state border.
Ocean
Spotted on Jul 28, 2009
Submitted on Aug 28, 2011
2 Comments
Very strange color indeed. Either a leucistic or intermediate individual. But definitely a Reddish Egret based on the pink bill and blue legs (not visible in these photos).
It is colored very oddly,