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| We have Snowy Egrets on the East Coast, but you'd really have to go to a wildlife sanctuary, or to some other out-of-the-way place to see one. |
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| So I was surprised to see this fellow just strolling around the Oceanside Pier, trying to look nonchalant. I wondered if I missed noticing a female bird he was considering trying to get to know. |
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| Until a fisherman walked away from his bait, and the egret quickly moved in and snatched a fish. He must do this regularly, as he seemed to have it down to a routine. |
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| Here he is looking more like a wild thing. |
