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Great Egret

Ardea alba

Description:

White bird with large wingspan. I want to say it is a crane but not sure.

Notes:

It flies into my backyard sometimes.

1 Species ID Suggestions

mike.betette
mike.betette 13 years ago
Egret


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3 Comments

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 13 years ago

I'd agree that this is most likely a great egret.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

Black feet usually mean a Great Egret. Yellow feet are always Snowy Egret. Yellow legs and feet on a bigger bird means White Heron. At least in my bird book for the States)

Its an Egret but not sure which one. They are also known as white herons. It looks large enough, and the neck looks long enough, for a Great Egret, which is about 32" when stretched out.

7tickets
Spotted by
7tickets

LA, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 27, 2011
Submitted on Mar 27, 2011

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