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Great Egret
Ardea alba
33.1508, -97.0181
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:
One of a pair fishing at the edge of Lake Lewisville. It missed, but calmly continued to hunt. The other flew on to another spot down the edge.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 30, 2013
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