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Egretta rufescens
The blue back of the Little Blue Heron and a reddish chest neck and head. A staring light colored eye and a pinkish purple beak near the face that darkens about halfway from the face to tip. About the size of the Great Blue Heron
Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
Known for the curious fishing "dance" it performs, it is endangered and an ongoing study in Florida is trying to estimate remaining numbers
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