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David Levinson > The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas.

Adults are typically 61 cm long and weigh 375 g. They have a slim black bill and long black legs with yellow feet. The area of the upper bill, in front of the eyes, is yellow but turns red during the breeding season, when the adults also gain recurved plumes on the back, making for a "shaggy" effect. The juvenile looks similar to the adult, but the base of the bill is paler, and a green or yellow line runs down the back of the legs.

Now it is protected by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird's population has rebounded.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_egret)

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Common Grackle -- Quiscalus quiscula

Common Grackles are blackbirds that look like they've been slightly stretched. They're taller and longer tailed than a typical blackbird, with a longer, more tapered bill and glossy-iridescent bodies. Grackles walk around lawns and fields on their long legs or gather in noisy groups high in trees, typically evergreens. They eat many crops (notably corn) and nearly anything else as well, including garbage. In flight their long tails trail behind them, sometimes folded down the middle into a shallow V shape.

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Double crested Cormorant, Shag - Phalacrocorax auritus The double-crested cormorant is a little more than two feet long with a wingspan of about four feet. It has dark brown to black feathers, a long hooked bill with an orange throat pouch, a long tail, and webbed black feet. Adults have tufts of feathers over their eyes. Males and females look alike.

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

David Levinson > Birds photo

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