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Nycticorax nycticorax
sleek bodied, small, necked, and short tailed, bird. long yellow legs with three toes on each foot, long sharp beak, presumbably to catch and kill relativley large fish. Does not move much and is capable of staying completely motionless for long stretches of time.
man-made freshwater lake on a golf course near the ocean.
reminds me of the kingfisher