Tricolored Heron stalking food in the coastal marshes of the south Texas Gulf Coast at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center.

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Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor, stalking food in the coastal marshes of the south Texas Gulf Coast at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. The Tricolored Heron was once known as the Louisiana Heron.

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Size: 4752px × 3168px
Location: South Padre Island, Texas, USA
Photo credit: © Janice and Nolan Braud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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