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Egretta tricolor
Photo take in a mangrove area near te coast this is a small area full of birds is the nesting season and all the herons and some egrets have nest everywhere is hard to get to close but i get some god shots, the place is full different birds sounds. Adults have a blue-grey head, neck, back and upperwings, with a white line along the neck. The belly is white. In breeding plumage, they have long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck, and buff ones on the back.
It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the USA and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru. There is some post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range.Tricolored Heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps. It nests in colonies, often with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. In each clutch, 3–7 eggs are typically laid. Wikipedia.
Spotted on May 18, 2012
Submitted on May 18, 2012
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Just add Video!