Bird Week VI: Eye to Eye / by Dave Hileman

Roaming across most of the marshes of the Southeast US you might find an example of the Tricolored Heron. They prefer salt water ponds and marshes but you can find them spotted across the country. About half the size of the more familiar Great Blue this guy prefers to work solo snaring fish in shallow water.

Florida - Canaveral National Seashore

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