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Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Description:

I'm not good with birds :( An Egret? white feathers

Habitat:

Found in Northern California

Notes:

Made its way into a high school.

4 Comments

JoséD
JoséD 12 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion. :D

florida33girl
florida33girl 12 years ago

You can just make out the distinctive yellow feet of a Snowy Egret in the picture.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

The pool janitor... keeping those pesky fish numbers down.

beallburton
beallburton 12 years ago

Certainly an egret. The easiest way to tell them apart is bill and foot color, and that's hard to determine in the pictures. Certainly a pretty bird, though, thanks for posting.

JoséD
Spotted by
JoséD

Petaluma, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 10, 2012
Submitted on Feb 10, 2012

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