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Great Egret

Ardea alba

Photo by Musicwolf
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Field Notes

Description:

As large as the more common Great Blue Heron. Snow white from head to tail with a long orange beak and long stilted legs.

Habitat:

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, FL

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Comments (2)
Musicwolf
Thank you - it was a great day of hiking and I've still only uploaded a little over half of the spottings from that day . . . stay tuned ;).

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The Circle B Bar Reserve

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PublishedJune 12, 2014

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