This bird has been at our lake for about a week now. Your kindergartener will know what it is. Take a moment to drive out there and see if h/she can find it. Yesterday I saw it skillfully catching Blue Gills.
It is a Great Egret. It is a beautiful, tall, white, long-legged wading bird that hunts along the shoreline for fish, frogs, and other small aquatic animals. They were hunted to near extinction in the nineteenth century. They are a treat to see!
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/id
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/id
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