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Great Egret or Common Egret

Ardea alba

Photo by laneymc
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Field Notes

Notes:

I always knew this as a Heron growing up in S. FL.

Species ID Suggestions

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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Also known as Great White Egret, Great Heron and Great White Heron. The ones you saw in southern Florida could also have been white morph Great Blue Herons which are locally common in salt water in that area.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2011

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