Egretta gularis

It has been a while since I got a life bird in the US so it was a very pleasant surprise a couple of days ago when we heard about a Western Reef Heron that had turned up at Merritt Island NWR in Florida and we happened to just be about half an hour away. I don’t usually like chasing rarities on trips but this one was convenient and we had the time so all but one of us ended up with a new life bird.

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