Tricolored Heron

Description:

Overall body color is gray along the neck, back and wings; and white along the fore-neck and much of the ventral area. The legs are greenish or yellow in color, and the black-tipped bill can range from shades of blue to yellow.

Habitat:

They can be found along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts south through Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and much of South America. They prefer prefer small pools and ponds and they favor mangrove habitats and coastal marshes.