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Great Egret

Ardea alba

Photo by 7tickets
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Field Notes

Description:

White bird with large wingspan. I want to say it is a crane but not sure.

Notes:

It flies into my backyard sometimes.

Species ID Suggestions

Egret
mike.betette
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Comments (3)
alicelongmartin
Black feet usually mean a Great Egret. Yellow feet are always Snowy Egret. Yellow legs and feet on a bigger bird means White Heron. At least in my bird book for the States)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Its an Egret but not sure which one. They are also known as white herons. It looks large enough, and the neck looks long enough, for a Great Egret, which is about 32" when stretched out.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011

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