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Ardea herodias
Notable features include slaty flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head
Coty maintained retention pond.
The fishermen say that this heron often joins them in the morning. This one was staying for an afternoon snack.
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