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Great Egret
Ardea alba
29.5898, -95.0011
Field Notes
Description:
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.
Habitat:
Upper Texas Coast (UTC) 080 ROBINSON PARK: Robinson Park contains approximately 20 acres of old oaks, and a trail connects these woodlands with Pine Gully Park. Robinson Park is another woodlot to check as you are scouring this edge of Galveston Bay for migrants.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 14, 2013
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