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Great Egret or Common Egret

Ardea alba

Notes:

I always knew this as a Heron growing up in S. FL.

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Also known as Great White Egret, Great Heron and Great White Heron. The ones you saw in southern Florida could also have been white morph Great Blue Herons which are locally common in salt water in that area.

laneymc
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laneymc

Florida, USA

Spotted on May 1, 2010
Submitted on Feb 17, 2011

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