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Nyctanassa violacea
Some kind of bird, maybe a crane? Very hard to photograph without a decent zoom or telephoto lens.
Water, marshlands, mangroves
Common to find in Florida... this one was spotted in J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/