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Egretta caerulea
Medium heron with slate-gray body and purple-blue head and neck. Eyes are yellow and bill is dark gray with black tip. Legs and feet are dark. The only dark heron species in North America in which the juvenile is white. Feeds on small crustaceans, vertebrates, and large insects. - http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/46/_/Li...
Open Wetlands
3rd photo shows an immature going through 2nd molt.
Spotted on Jul 7, 2012
Submitted on Jul 8, 2012
1 Comment
I thought it had only one leg until I saw the third one.
The last picture is artistic.