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Great Egrets are tall, long-legged wading birds with long, S-curved necks and long, dagger-like bills. In flight, the long neck is tucked in and the legs extend far beyond the tip of the short tail. All feathers on Great Egrets are white. Their bills are yellowish-orange, and the legs black.
Three flew overhead at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/inde...
Great Egrets fly slowly but powerfully: with just two wingbeats per second their cruising speed is around 25 miles an hour.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013
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