BACK COUNTRY BY ROBERT ADAMS
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tricolored heron Egretta tricolor, formerly known as the Louisiana
heron, comes in for a landing on an irrigation pipe. From this
vantage point, it can watch the canal for something to eat. Fish,
crustaceans, reptiles and insects make up its main diet. This wading
bird is mostly blue gray, white breast with yellow around its eyes
and feet and is often seen with other wading birds. A