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Spotting Image 1

Description:

Brown feathers with white spots and a long beak and medium long legs

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cook
cook 12 years ago
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea http://www.google.com/search?q=Nyctanassa+violacea&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XwMvTt3OOY6ugQea-52XAQ&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=587


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1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

That really is my guess as well.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/690...

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MitchRay
MitchRay 12 years ago

best guess would be a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nyctanassa violacea

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1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

Can you remember what color its legs were? What about the beak?

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Sundhil
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Sundhil

Houston, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jul 25, 2011
Submitted on Jul 25, 2011

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