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Great Egret

Ardea alba

Description:

The Great Egret is a large, all white heron. They are distinguished from the other egrets by their yellow bill and black legs and feet.

Habitat:

It is distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world.

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5 Comments

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

I really liked number 1, but I moved it anyways just for you...only because you are going to find me so many lifers on Wednesday!

Cody.conway
Cody.conway 11 years ago

Number 2 to Number 1 ;-). Sometimes you can see egrets dance and flash their wings over water to spook fish - when they see the fish jump they ATTACK

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Thanks. I saw it in Texas, it says it on the map.

vegasele
vegasele 11 years ago

Sooooo cute. where did you see it ?

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Nice series. Where did you see it?

AshleyT
Spotted by
AshleyT

Texas, USA

Spotted on Dec 27, 2012
Submitted on Dec 27, 2012

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